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

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M.0399
r.: Blue and Gold; v.: Ship

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1872
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession Number: PD.69-1959
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/8 x 4 7/8" (282 x 124 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Blue and Gold; v.: Ship

Composition

r.: Blue and Gold, Fitzwilliam Museum
r.: Blue and Gold, Fitzwilliam Museum
r.: A woman holding a spray of flowers, The Hunterian
r.: A woman holding a spray of flowers, The Hunterian

The drawing on the recto of r.: Blue and Gold; v.: Ship [M.0399] and that on r.: A woman holding a spray of flowers; v.: A woman holding up a scarf [M.0401] are among several studies of a draped woman holding a flowering branch.

Frame

The frame has the label of 'Henry J. Murcott / Picture frame Manufactory / 16 Hanover Street / Long Acre WC.'

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret