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

 

M.0963
r.: Note in Grey and Green - Holland; v.: Beach scene with washing hung out to dry

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1884/1885
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46094
Medium: watercolour
Support: off-white paper laid down on card
Size: 5 x 8 1/2" (127 x 216 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'No 43y / Note in Grey & Green – Holland' possibly by Whistler

r.: Note in Grey and Green - Holland; v.: Beach scene with washing hung out to dry

Technique

r.: Note in Grey and Green – Holland, The Hunterian
r.: Note in Grey and Green – Holland, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 963).

v.: Beach scene with washing hung out to dry, The Hunterian
v.: Beach scene with washing hung out to dry, The Hunterian

The scene on the verso has been mostly washed and scrubbed out.

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret