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

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M.0914
On the Mersey

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1885
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 17.97.4
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 1/2 x 4 7/8" (215 x 123 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

On the Mersey

On the Mersey may date from 1883/1885, but the butterfly signature, colour and technique are not entirely consistent with Whistler's work at that time.

On the Mersey, Metropolitan Museum of Art
On the Mersey, Metropolitan Museum of Art

This work was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 914).

Last updated: 18th February 2021 by Margaret