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

 

M.0341
r.: A group of figures; v.: Figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1867/1869
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.91
Medium: chalk
Support: grey-blue paper, watermark 'JALLET'
Size: 5 1/4 x 7 1/2" (134 x 191 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: A group of figures; v.: Figure

Description

r.: A group of figures, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
r.: A group of figures, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

Recto: Six draped standing women and one seated figure are looking over or leaning on railings, as if on a bridge or balcony.

v.: Figure, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
v.: Figure, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

Verso: a nude woman standing facing the viewer.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret