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

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M.0222
r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe; v.: Cliffs and building

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1857
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.185
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 4 1/16-4 1/8" x 7 3/16-7 1/4" (103-105 x 183-185 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Les Côtes à Dieppe. 1857' and 'Le [illeg.] Met à Dieppe 1857' in an unknown hand

r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe; v.: Cliffs and building

Technique

r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Cliffs and building, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Cliffs and building, Freer Gallery of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 222).

Conservation History

Over fifty drawings, many in sketchbooks, most of which dated from 1857-1858, were apparemtly given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, and were later removed from the sketchbooks.

Last updated: 2nd March 2021 by Margaret