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

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M.0800
Riva, Nocturne

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: chalk
Support: paper
Size: 7 3/4 x 11 7/8" (197 x 302 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'This is a drawing by Whistler./ Sent to William Scott. A.R.I.B.A. Fellow of Royal Society of Painter Etchers of London. Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy, etc. Certified by Emily Boardman. Administrator of the estate of the late William Scott, died April 1918', written in an unknown hand

Riva, Nocturne

Riva, Nocturne is said to date from 1880 and to have been given by Whistler to William Scott (1848-1918). It is not certain that this is true.

Riva, Nocturne, Private Collection
Riva, Nocturne, Private Collection

This drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 800).

Last updated: 11th February 2021 by Margaret