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

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M.0028
A Fire at Pomfret: School House on Fire; v.: Frame for a map

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.333a-b
Medium: pencil, watercolour; pen and brown ink
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 4 15/16-5 x 7 5/8-7 11/16" (125-127 x 193-196 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Sketch at Pomfret by James W.' in unknown hand

A Fire at Pomfret: School House on Fire; v.: Frame for a map

Technique

See details in Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.

Conservation History

The paper has darkened to a pale brown.

Last updated: 6th December 2020 by Margaret