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

 

M.0875
Blue and Silver: The Thames

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper
Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4" (241 x 311 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'J. A. McNei1l Whistler 1882 from my window. E. W. Godwin.' by E. W. Godwin, and in another hand, 'This was his first attempt at watercolour.'

Blue and Silver: The Thames

Blue and Silver: The Thames dates from 1882. Despite the inscription, it was certainly not Whistler's first watercolour.

Blue and Silver: The Thames, Private Collection
Blue and Silver: The Thames, Private Collection

Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 875).

Last updated: 19th February 2021 by Margaret