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

 

YMSM 538
Howth Head, near Dublin

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 19.7 x 28.5 cm (7 ¾ x 11¼")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Howth Head, near Dublin

Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

  • 'Howth Head, near Dublin' (1980, YMSM). 1

Description

Howth Head, near Dublin, private collection
Howth Head, near Dublin, private collection

A sea view in horizontal format. In the foreground is a broad stretch of beach, and across the bay, a stretch of low green land, under a bright sky with scattered clouds.

Site

Howth Head, near Dublin, private collection
Howth Head, near Dublin, private collection

Howth Head is nine miles north-east of Dublin, on the coast of Ireland. This view is from Howth, looking south-west across Dublin Bay. The Wicklow Mountains are seen very faintly in the distance.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 538).

Last updated: 18th October 2020 by Margaret