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

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M.0278
Attendant que le linge sèche! Cologne

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1898.202
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 5 15/16" x 7 9/16-7 3/4" (150 x 192-197 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Attendant que le linge sèche! Cologne' by Whistler; 'SH', possibly by F. S. Haden

Attendant que le linge sèche! Cologne

Titles

'Attendant que le linge sèche! Cologne' means 'Waiting for the washing to dry! Cologne.'

Site

The city of Cologne in Germany.

Sitter

Attendant que le linge sèche! Cologne, Freer Gallery of Art
Attendant que le linge sèche! Cologne, Freer Gallery of Art

Whistler's travelling companion, Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872) .

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret