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

 

Sunset

Description

The title 'Sunset' is clear enough, and Sidney Colvin (1845-1927) wrote that Whistler's 1874 exhibition included 'a few fine landscape and sky effects', but these have not been identified. 1

Notes:

1: Colvin, Sidney, 'Exhibition of Mr Whistler's Pictures', Academy, vol. 5, 13 June 1874, pp. 672-73.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret