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

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M.0270
An artist sketching

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.207
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 8 1/8" x 6-6 1/16" (206 x 152-154 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'SH', possibly by F. S. Haden; '1858' in an unknown hand

An artist sketching

Sitter

An artist sketching, Freer Gallery of Art
An artist sketching, Freer Gallery of Art

The artist is probably Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872) , who accompanied Whistler on the Rhineland trip, although it could be a self-portrait.

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret