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

 

M.1139
A Grey Note - Flags, Portsmouth

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

A Grey Note - Flags, Portsmouth

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Whistler's day at the Naval Review started and ended at Tilbury Docks, and took in both Southampton and Portsmouth. He made an etching, Children, Portsmouth [301], which shows the Fleet with all flags flying.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret