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

 

YMSM 167a
Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Technique

A review in the The Glasgow Herald stated that the painting showed 'Mr Whistler’s powers at their best’ but is not specific about the actual technique. 1

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Notes:

1: Anon., 'Fine Art Exhibitions in London', The Glasgow Herald, Glasgow, 25 April 1876, p. 3.

Last updated: 15th January 2020 by Margaret