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

Composition

r.: A group of figures, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
r.: A group of figures, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Study of Draped Figures, The Hunterian
Study of Draped Figures, The Hunterian

The composition may be related to Study of Draped Figures [YMSM 058].

Conservation History

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

It was torn up by the artist but retrieved and roughly repaired by Thomas Way (1837-1915) or his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913).

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret