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

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M.0176
Copy after Turner's 'Rockets and blue lights (close at hand) to warn steam-boats of shoal water'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1854/1855
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: paper laid down on card
Size: 20 1/8" x 28 5/8" (511 x 727 mm)
Signature: 'Whistler'
Inscription: none

Copy after Turner's 'Rockets and blue lights (close at hand) to warn steam-boats of shoal water'

Provenance

  • 1854/1855: given by Whistler to George Phillip Camman (1804-1863) ;
  • 1863-present: passed by family descent to the present owners.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known. exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret