Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1880 Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Accession Number: F1905.215a-c Medium: chalk and pastel Support: brown paper Size: 3 9/16 x 3 11/16" x 11 3/16" (91-93 x 284 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: none
Blue and silver – The lslands, Venice, Freer Gallery of Art
A panoramic view of islands off Venice, Italy. The sheet was cut from a larger sheet on which had been drawn a steep flight of stairs through an archway with figures coming down, visible sideways on.