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

 

M.0967
View on the Scheldt

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884/1885
Collection: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Accession Number: No. 6570
Medium: watercolour
Support: off-white paper
Size: 4 7/8 x 8 7/16" (124 x 214 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'View (on the Scheldt?) Holland / by Whistler / (From the Collection of Miss R. Birnie Philip) Whistler's Executrix / A21132).' by Harold Wright

View on the Scheldt

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View on the Scheldt, National Gallery of Canada
View on the Scheldt, National Gallery of Canada

The Scheldt is a river that runs from northern France across western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands. Whistler probably painted this in the Netherlands.

Last updated: 19th February 2021 by Margaret