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

 

M.0590
The Mouth of the River

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1881
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.171a-b
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream laid paper, laid down on card
Size: 7 x 9 15/16" (178 x 253 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

The Mouth of the River

Composition

Study for 'The Mouth of the River', private collection
Study for 'The Mouth of the River', private collection
The Mouth of the River, Freer Gallery of Art
The Mouth of the River, Freer Gallery of Art

Study for 'The Mouth of the River' [M.0589] and The Mouth of the River [M.0590] were clearly painted from a similar viewpoint, and on the same day, and one may have been a study for the other.

Technique

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

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret