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

 

M.1004
Red and brown - Hoxton

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1886
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.79a-b
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream paper, laid down on card
Size: 4 15/16 x 8 1/8" (126 x 207 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: '04.79A/ No 33' and (illegibly) 'Stair landing', in various hands

Red and brown - Hoxton

Technique

The Illustrated London News expressed 'unfeigned admiration' for 'Street Scene, Hoxton' [sic], and enquired how Whistler achieved 'that marvellous transparency of colour which he can throw at times into his sea and air.' 1

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

Notes:

1: Anon., 'The Whistler Exhibition', Illustrated London News, London, 15 May 1886, p. 14.

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret