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Thames warehouses, 1859, by James Whistler.
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| Thames warehouses, 1859, by James Whistler. |
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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: PW5486 |
| Description: One of Whistler's 'Series of Sixteen Etchings on the Thames', showing the Hermitage Coal Wharf and other wharves in Wapping. This is a busy scene with several sailing ships and lighters. The Coal Wharf later became the Hermitage Steam Wharf, from where the London and Edinburgh Shipping Company ran regular services to Leith. |
| Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (artist & engraver) |
| Date: 1859 |
| Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London | |
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