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

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M.0238
Entré sur la grande promenade à Baden

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.171
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper, double page, from a sketchbook
Size: 5 7/8 x 7 9/16-7 11/16" (149 x 193-195 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r: 'Entré sur la grande promenade à Baden' by Whistler; 'SH', possibly by F. S. Haden; '1858' in an unknown hand; v: various notes, starting 'enfin je foule le sol francais je respire l'air natal ...'

Entré sur la grande promenade à Baden

Site

Baden-Baden, a town in the hills between Strasbourg and Stuttgart, was at this time one of the most popular of spas.

Sitter

Entré sur la grande promenade à Baden, Freer Gallery of Art
Entré sur la grande promenade à Baden, Freer Gallery of Art

The sketch shows James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and his friend Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872) .

Last updated: 12th December 2019 by Margaret