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

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M.0996
Sketch of the etching, 'Landscape with Horses'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W779
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 204 x 324 mm (8" x 12 3/4")
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: draft of the 'Ten o'clock Lecture'

Sketch of the etching, 'Landscape with Horses'

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Sketch of the etching, 'Landscape with Horses, Glasgow University Library
Sketch of the etching, 'Landscape with Horses, Glasgow University Library

Whistler's sketch is very rough: it shows a horse in a field, a man up on a pole at right, and buildings in the distance.

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret