Wheelwright — James McNeill Whistler | DiscoverArt

James McNeill Whistler

Wheelwright

1879–80

Etching and drypoint, printed in brownish black ink on fine ivory machine-made paper; ninth state of nine (Glasgow)

12.6 × 17.6 cm (5 × 6.9 in)

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