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

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r.: A composition: women on a terrace; v.: A nude bent over holding on to a parasol

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1867/1869
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46016
Medium: crayon
Support: white laid paper, watermark 'DEDB'
Size: 8 3/4 x 13 3/4" (222 x 350 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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r.: A composition: women on a terrace; v.: A nude bent over holding on to a parasol

Composition

r.: A composition: women on a terrace, The Hunterian
r.: A composition: women on a terrace, The Hunterian
v: A nude bent over holding on to a parasol, The Hunterian
v: A nude bent over holding on to a parasol, The Hunterian

These are ideas for a composition involving numerous figures on a windy day strolling along a beach by the sea. However, no specific oil painting was the result, as far as is known.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 342).

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret