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

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M.0300
Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1862
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and ink
Support: unknown
Size: unknown (wood engraving, 152 x 113 mm, 6 x 4 1/2")
Signature: 'Whistler'
Inscription: none

Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon'

Technique

Dalziel Bros. after Whistler, Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon', Good Words, 1862
Dalziel Bros. after Whistler, Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon', Good Words, 1862

The drawing is only known from the wood engraving. The flowing lines of the dress are probably careful copies of the drawing but the shading on the faces is less likely to be exact: it reflects the wood engraver's techniques for suggesting shading.

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret