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

 

M.0055
Chartly and Jola

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.4
Medium: watercolour and graphite
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 4 3/4 x 4 13/16" (120 x 122 mm)
Signature: 'JAW'
Inscription: r.: 'Chartly and Jola.' in ink; v.: '4' graphite, in an unknown hand

Chartly and Jola

Description

Chartly and Jola, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Chartly and Jola, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

On the floor in the foreground of a room lies a man asleep. Behind, a couple sit, leaning towards each other. This is an illustration to a romantic novel The Woodman; a Romance of the Times of Richard III by George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860) published in 1849.

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret