Millbank |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.314) | |
| Number: | 78 | |
| Date: | 1861 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 102 x 127 mm | |
| Signed: | 'James Whistler' (in inscription) (1-4); removed (5) | |
| Inscribed: | '1861' at lower left; 'The Works of James Whistler: Etchings and Dry Points, are on View at E. Thomas' .. Publisher / 39. Old Bond Street' at lower right (1-2); 'London.' added (4); erased (5) | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Thames Set', 1871 | |
| No. of States: | 5 | |
| Known impressions: | 67 | |
| Catalogues: | K.71; M.71; T.44; W.67 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (67) | ||
Millbank is dated '1861' on the copper plate. The shadows suggest a time about mid-day, with the sun fairly high in the sky. Lochnan suggested it was done in the early Spring, before The Little Pool [79]. 1
This is one of a number of Thames views etched in 1861, including Vauxhall Bridge [75], Westminster Bridge in Progress [77], The Little Pool [79], Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier) [95] and Old Hungerford Bridge [76]. Four of these 1861 etchings - Millbank, The Little Pool, Early Morning, Battersea and Old Hungerford Bridge - were published in A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames (the 'Thames Set'), by Ellis & Green in 1871. Millbank was used to advertise the first exhibition of the 'Thames Set' in 1861. 2
This is one of a number of Thames views etched in 1861, including Vauxhall Bridge [75], Westminster Bridge in Progress [77], The Little Pool [79], Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier) [95] and Old Hungerford Bridge [76]. Four of these 1861 etchings - Millbank, The Little Pool, Early Morning, Battersea and Old Hungerford Bridge - were published in A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames (the 'Thames Set'), by Ellis & Green in 1871. Millbank was used to advertise the first exhibition of the 'Thames Set' in 1861. 2
1: Lochnan 1984, p. 126.