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

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M.0235
The Kitchen

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.153
Medium: pencil, gouache and watercolour
Support: beige laid paper with watermark of a laurel wreath round a shield, tipped down
Size: 12 7/16 x 8 3/4" (316 x 223 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

The Kitchen

The Kitchen dates from between August and October 1858, during Whistler's etching tour of the Rhineland. It is a study for the etching The Kitchen [16], which was published in 'Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Nature' (Twelve Etchings from Nature) in 1858.

The Kitchen, Freer Gallery of Art
The Kitchen, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 235).

Last updated: 5th December 2020 by Margaret