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

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M.0960
Sketch of 'Harmony in Brown and Gold: Old Chelsea Church'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Rosenwald Collection, Rare Books Division
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream laid paper with partial watermark, crown over '...n & Gunn / [B]ond Street'
Size: 3 15/16 x 6 1/8" (100 x 156 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: text of letter including "Mr Flower has been here this morning and after fixing upon 'The Sweet Shop', 'The Sun Cloud', and the little Chelsea Embankment - I have forgotten the exact name - but you know the one I mean'
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Sketch of 'Harmony in Brown and Gold: Old Chelsea Church'

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Sketch of 'Harmony in Brown and Gold: Old Chelsea Church', Library of Congress
Sketch of 'Harmony in Brown and Gold: Old Chelsea Church', Library of Congress

This is a sketch of Harmony in Brown and Gold: Old Chelsea Church [YMSM 305], which shows the view of Chelsea from the south bank of the River Thames, London.

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret