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

 

M.0928
Bravura in brown

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.167a-c
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 9/16 x 6 15/16" (218 x 176 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Bravura in brown

Technique

The very faint image on the verso, not reproduced, is a study or rejected version of the main watercolour.

See technical details in Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.

Last updated: 7th February 2021 by Margaret