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

 

M.0483
r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge'; v.: Seated nude, man in top hat; figure, buildings

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Accession Number: 58.1.3
Medium: chalk and wash
Support: two sheets of brown paper
Size: 11 ½ x 14 3/8" (293 x 365 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge'; v.: Seated nude, man in top hat; figure, buildings

r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge'; v.: Seated nude, man in top hat; figure, buildings date from 1872/1873. It shows the Albert Bridge, which opened in 1873, under construction.

r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge', Albright-Knox Art Gallery
r.: Study for 'Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge', Albright-Knox Art Gallery

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 483), dated '1872/4'.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret