Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool — James McNeill Whistler | DiscoverArt

James McNeill Whistler

Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool

1875

Drypoint, printed in black ink on ivory laid paper; first state of four (Glasgow); removed from a book

27.5 × 14.9 cm (10.8 × 5.9 in)

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