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

 

Cylindrical Vase with thick neck

Description


                    Cylindrical Vase with thick neck, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Cylindrical Vase with thick neck, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

A sketch of a vase, lit from the left, and casting a shadow behind and to right. A tdark background is roughly indicated.

The Thompson catalogue described the subject as follows:

'Cylindrical Vase, with thick neck. Round the body boldly drawn branches of hawthorn blossom, with here and there a detached blossom on a wavy blue ground; round the neck a slightly raised band, and three bands of fret; round the lip a herring-bone pattern. Height, 18 inches.' 1

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , p. 26 (cat. no. 130) repr. pl. 13.

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret