Composition

Peacock shutters, I.S. Gardner Museum

Shutters in the Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art

A drawing, possibly from memory, of shutters in Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room [YMSM 178]. In the central shutter, the right hand peacock has its wings more outspread than in the original, cutting across the vertical space between the peacocks.

Hadley considered the drawings were made in preparation for the decoration, but this is unlikely. 1