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

 

Chelsea Rags

Composition

This is the same subject as Rag Shop, Milman's Row, Chelsea [329] and Chelsea Rags c026 but is not a study for them.

Technique


                    Chelsea Rags, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University.
Chelsea Rags, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University.

The technique is atypical of Whistler, with short, scratchy, rather uncertain lines and cross-hatching.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret