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

 

Bravura in brown

Technique

The very faint image on the verso, not reproduced, is a study or rejected version of the main watercolour.

See technical details in Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.

Last updated: 7th February 2021 by Margaret