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

 

Ajaccio, Corsica

Technique


                    Ajaccio, Corsica, Fogg Art Museum
Ajaccio, Corsica, Fogg Art Museum

It is thinly painted with a very free and liquid technique, and the brushmarks clearly visible. There is some fussy reworking around the figures in the foreground.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Size: 28.6 x 37.8 x 4.5 cm (11 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 1 3/4"). A partial inscription on the verso reads 'VE / HAND CARVED / NEW YORK & LONDON'.

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret