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

 

M.0857
Note in Blue and Opal – Jersey

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.83a-b
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream paper, laid down on card
Size: 5 3/8 x 10" (137 x 255 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Note in Blue and Opal - Jersey. Whistler 13 Tite Street - Chelsea'

Note in Blue and Opal – Jersey

Note in Blue and Opal – Jersey dates from 1881. It was exhibited in VI Summer Exhibition, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1882 (cat. no. 341) as 'Note in Blue and Opal – Jersey'.

Note in Blue and Opal – Jersey, Freer Gallery of Art
Note in Blue and Opal – Jersey, Freer Gallery of Art

The watercolour is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 857).

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret