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

 

M.0314
r.: Draped figures on a bridge; v.: Figures on a balcony

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1864/1868
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46010
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 4 3/8 x 7" (111 x 179 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Draped figures on a bridge; v.: Figures on a balcony

Composition

v.: Figures on a balcony, The Hunterian
v.: Figures on a balcony, The Hunterian
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing on the verso may be a very early idea for Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony [YMSM 056].

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 314) as 'r.: Draped figures on a bridge; v.: Figures on a balcony'.

Conservation History

The sheet is badly browned and torn.

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret