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

 

M.1036
Return of the fishing boats

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1991.7.2
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper laid down on card
Size: 8 1/2 x 5" (216 x 126 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: on card backing 'No 10' and on label on verso of frame 'Violet ... Return of the Fishing Bo[ats]...' (incomplete) in unknown hands

Return of the fishing boats

Return of the fishing boats dates from about 1885. It may be Vert et violet: Dieppe [M.1035].

Return of the fishing boats, National Gallery of Art, DC
Return of the fishing boats, National Gallery of Art, DC

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1036).

Last updated: 9th June 2021 by Margaret