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

 

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Blue and brown - Westgate, the Moors

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Accession Number: P.19-1934
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper laid down on card
Size: 9 3/4 x 6 3/4" (248 x 172 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: '16' and 'Westgate' in unknown hands

Blue and brown - Westgate, the Moors

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Blue and brown – Westgate, the Moors, Victoria And Albert Museum
Blue and brown – Westgate, the Moors, Victoria And Albert Museum

Westgate-on-sea is on the Kent coast just west of Margate, a popular day-trip from London. It is near Birchington (where D. G. Rossetti died in 1882) and Whitstable.

Last updated: 19th February 2021 by Margaret