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

 

Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert

Technique


                    Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert, whereabouts unknown
Portrait Sketch of Walter Sickert, whereabouts unknown

It is painted thinly, with the clothes barely indicated, and areas of canvas left bare. It has a very scrubbed and worn look, and is in a very preliminary stage, or indeed, has been scraped down as a preparation for reworking. It is difficult to assess in its current state, but is not entirely like Whistler's other work of the period.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 14th October 2020 by Margaret