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

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M.0299
Wapping

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1861
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: E. R. & J. Pennell Collection, PWC 1/33/2
Medium: pen
Support: off-white wove lined paper, watermark 'J WHATMAN 1860'
Size: 5 1/16 x 6 5/16" (200 x 248 mm)
Signature: 'Jemmie' in letter
Inscription: letter, including 'je voudrais t'avoir ici devant un tableau sur lequel je compte bigrement et qui doit devenir un chef d'oeuvre - voici à peu pres ce que c'est.'

Wapping

Wapping, Library of Congress
Wapping, Library of Congress

Wapping was drawn in a letter to Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) in the first half of 1861. 1 It is an early sketch of the oil painting Wapping [YMSM 035], which was started in 1860 and completed in 1864.

For more information, see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 299).

Notes:

1: [January/June 1861], GUW #08042.

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