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'

Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket' was drawn on the verso of a letter to Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) regarding the Whistler v. Ruskin trial, and dates from about 26 November 1878. 1

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

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 705).

Notes:

1: GUW #10748.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret