The Lime-Burner |  Baltimore Museum of Art (1996.48.11658) | |
| Number: | 55 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 255 x 179 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' lower right and 'Whistler.' lower left (1); lower left signature faded (2) | |
| Inscribed: | '1859.' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Thames Set', 1871 | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 103 | |
| Catalogues: | K.46; M.45; T.38; W.44 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (103) | ||
The Lime-burner is signed and dated '1859' on the copper plate.
Whistler made over thirty etchings during the year, including many scenes on and by the river Thames in London, such as Limehouse 048, The Pool 049, Eagle Wharf 050, Thames Police 053, Black Lion Wharf 054, Billingsgate 051 and Longshore men 052.
This etching was published in A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames (the 'Thames Set') by Ellis & Green in 1871.