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

 

Red and brown - Hoxton

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                    Red and brown – Hoxton, Freer Gallery of Art
Red and brown – Hoxton, Freer Gallery of Art

Hoxton, in Shoreditch, a square in the east end of London. At one time this was wrongly thought to be 'Onstead' or Oxted, a village in Surrey. Whistler identified it as 'little Hoxton' for John James Cowan (1846-1936) . 1

Notes:

1: Whistler to Cowan, [25/30 October 1901], GUW #00751.

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret