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

 

M.1419
Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46205
Medium: pencil
Support: cream card in leather-backed photograph album of 48 sides
Size: paper 6 1/8 x 5"; panel 3 ¾ x 2 3/4" (paper 155 x 127 mm; panel 95 x 70 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure

Description

Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure, The Hunterian
Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure, The Hunterian

The figure of a woman, standing, drawn from the photograph of a 'Tanagra' statuette in an album. The Ionides album contains 35 photographs, of terra-cottas of widely different periods and subjects.

Last updated: 3rd June 2021 by Margaret