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

 

M.1142
Silver and Blue: Southampton

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Accession Number: ОP-42164
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper tipped down on card
Size: 4 15/16 x 8 3/8" (125 x 212 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Naval review. Southampton. Blue and Silver'

Silver and Blue: Southampton

Silver and Blue: Southampton was painted on 23 July 1887 at the Jubilee Naval Review, which marked the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria (1819-1901).

Silver and Blue: Southampton, State Hermitage Museum
Silver and Blue: Southampton, State Hermitage Museum

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1142). The entry has been revised.

Last updated: 2nd April 2021 by Margaret