Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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L'elopement

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1851
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: white paper, stuck down in an album
Size: unknown (under 6 x 5" (155 x 130 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler.'
Inscription: 'L'elopement.' written on the backing sheet under the drawing
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L'elopement

Description

L'elopement, Private Collection
L'elopement, Private Collection

A woman swathed in a shawl is clasped by a man in a heavy cloak and cap. Behind them are suggestions of a door at left, which the man is presumably closing, set in a wall with foliage at the top.

Last updated: 28th February 2021 by Margaret