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

 

M.1051
Gold and grey - The English Coast

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

Gold and grey - The English Coast

Technique

Unknown. The Illustrated London News expressed 'unfeigned admiration' for 'The English Coast', 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