Comments on: Whistler in Limehouse & Wapping https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/21/whistler-in-limehouse-wapping/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:17:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Margaret MacDonald https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/21/whistler-in-limehouse-wapping/#comment-109605 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:14:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=86946#comment-109605 Yes indeed Whistler could draw! the Fine Art Society has some particularly beautiful impressions- ‘Lmehouse’ is wonderful: and see lovely zoomable details on website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk !

]]> By: James Frankcom https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/21/whistler-in-limehouse-wapping/#comment-103977 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:16:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=86946#comment-103977 I completely love these pictures… the one of the longshore men… such rustic menace.

]]> By: sprite https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/21/whistler-in-limehouse-wapping/#comment-103553 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:38:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=86946#comment-103553 I’m finding the details absolutely breathtaking!

Whisler’s river –
out of tangled lines
the mesh of life

sprite

]]> By: Barry Jackson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/21/whistler-in-limehouse-wapping/#comment-103235 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 08:13:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=86946#comment-103235 In interpreting Whistler’s etchings of the Thames it’s worth remembering that he drew directly on the copper plate, in situ. The resulting prints are therefore reversed left to right, which explains why the geography is a bit confused! He took care, however, to write the name boards of riverside warehouses in mirror-writing so that they would read right in the finished print.

]]> By: Jeannette https://spitalfieldslife.com/2013/04/21/whistler-in-limehouse-wapping/#comment-103207 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:18:58 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=86946#comment-103207 boy can draw.

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