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

 

Passport

Composition


                    Wapping, GUL NB10, p. 43
Wapping, GUL NB10, p. 43
Wapping, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Wapping, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

One sketch in the notebook has the first known study of the composition of the oil Wapping [YMSM 035]

Technique


                    Lady with page and courtier, in Tudor dress, GUL NB10, p. 46
Lady with page and courtier, in Tudor dress, GUL NB10, p. 46

It is not certain that all the sketches are by Whistler. The Pre-Raphaelite-type figure illustrated above is not like his usual style, but the element of caricature makes it hard to judge the author.

Conservation History

The sketches are very rubbed, darkened, and spotted.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret