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

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M.0705
Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 3/20/1
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper, embossed heading 'THE WHITE HOUSE,/ CHELSEA EMBANKMENT', partial watermark 'ORIGINA/ TURKEY M/ KENT', f.s.
Size: 7 5/8 x 6 1/16" (194 x 154 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: draft letter to J. J. Tissot

Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket'

Provenance

  • 1878: drawn on the draft of a letter from Whistler to J. J. Tissot, starting 'Mon pauvre Tissot', written in November 1878.
  • Date unknown: acquired by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) and/or Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) ;
  • 1927/1936: deposited by E. R. Pennell in the Library of Congress.

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret