Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

218  JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Black Lion Wharf . Etching on antique, cream laid paper, 1859. 150x225 mm; 5 7 / 8 x8 7 / 8 inches, full margins. MacDonald’s fourth state (of 4). A brilliant, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts. Kennedy 42; Glasgow 54. [2,000/3,000] 219  JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Hurlingham . Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 1879. 135x199 mm; 5 1 / 4 x7 7 / 8 inches, full margins. MacDonald’s fourth state (of 4), with the delicate horizontal shading on the second house from the left. A very good, well-inked impression with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Kennedy 181; Glasgow 184. [1,500/2,500] 220  JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Billingsgate . Etching printed in black on cream laid paper, 1859. 152x226 mm; 6x8 7 / 8 inches, full margins. MacDonald’s ninth state (of 9), before cancellation. A superb, well-inked impression with all the fine lines distinct and with partially inky plate edges. Kennedy 47; Glasgow 51. [1,500/2,500] 218