James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903

The Balcony

In 1879 Whistler was commissioned to make a set of twelve etchings of Venice. He returned to London, instead, with fifty etched copper plates of views that captured the essence […]

Billingsgate

Whistler enjoyed experimenting with different types of paper and the various results achieved. He collected old papers from a wide variety of sources, and even used these papers for his […]