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Tilbury

1887
Etching, drypoint, pen and ink on laid paper
K.317 (2nd state, undescribed by Kennedy)
The Whistler Estate, bequeathed by Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1958
Hunterian Art Gallery, GLAHA 46921

Many of the spectators set off from the docks at Tilbury to see the Jubilee Naval Review. Later, Whistler drew in purple ink on one impression of Tilbury, suggesting changes, but did not carry them out.