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

 

M.0589
Study for 'The Mouth of the River'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1881
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: buff wove paper
Size: 7 x 8 11/16" (178 x 221 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study for 'The Mouth of the River'

Composition

Study for 'The Mouth of the River', private collection
Study for 'The Mouth of the River', private collection
The Mouth of the River, Freer Gallery of Art
The Mouth of the River, Freer Gallery of Art

Study for 'The Mouth of the River' [M.0589] and The Mouth of the River [M.0590] were clearly painted from a similar viewpoint, and on the same day, and one may have been a study for the other.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret