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

 

M.1143
Ships

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler
Medium: pen and purple and black ink
Support: white wove paper with watermark 'GURNEY/ IVORY LAID' and embossed heading '121 QUEEN'S GATE/ SW', f.s. 152 x 195 (6 x 7 11/16)
Size: 6 x 7 11/16" (152 x 195 mm)
Signature: letter signed 'Wm Henry Hurlbert'
Inscription: 'Home! D', probably by Whistler

Ships

Description

Ships at sea, flags flying.

Site

The letter suggests that this represented Spithead, though it was not drawn there.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret