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

 

M.0318
Sketch

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1864
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Sketch

Technique

Although Whistler's mother described this as 'pencil' the term could have covered chalk or crayon drawings. 1

Notes:

1: A. M. Whistler to J. Gamble, 10-11 February 1864, GUW #06522.

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret