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

 

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Note in green - The Garden Laundry

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1886
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Note in green - The Garden Laundry

Technique

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

Notes:

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

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret