Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1883/1885 Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow Accession Number: GLAHA 46090 Medium: watercolour Support: cream paper laid down on card Size: 9 16/16" x 6 7/8" (252 x 175 mm) Signature: none Inscription: v.: 'No 15G' (crossed out), 'No 7 / 71 / 70 / 9' in various hands
The Hunterian website states: 'It has been noted that the opacity of the paint enabled Whistler to reinforce his subtle tones and obtain effects similar to oil.' 1
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more]
(cat. no. 932).
Notes:
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Website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk (acc. 2019).
