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

 

M.0855
Beach scene with rocks

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Daniel J. Terra Collection, Terra Foundation for the Arts
Accession Number: 1992.144
Medium: watercolour
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 7 x 10" (178 x 255 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: illegible inscriptions in various hands

Beach scene with rocks

Beach scene with rocks dates from 1881. It is possible that it is Blue and Brown - San Brelade's Bay [M.0856], which was exhibited in VI Summer Exhibition, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1882.

Beach scene with rocks, Terra Foundation for the Arts
Beach scene with rocks, Terra Foundation for the Arts

The watercolour is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 855). The record has been updated and corrected.

Last updated: 9th April 2019 by Margaret