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

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M.1419
Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46205
Medium: pencil
Support: cream card in leather-backed photograph album of 48 sides
Size: paper 6 1/8 x 5"; panel 3 ¾ x 2 3/4" (paper 155 x 127 mm; panel 95 x 70 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure

Composition

Greek terracotta figure, photograph, The Hunterian
Greek terracotta figure, photograph, The Hunterian
Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure, The Hunterian
Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure, The Hunterian

This is a drawing of one of the photographs of figurines in the album.

Technique

Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure, The Hunterian
Sketch after a Greek terracotta figure, The Hunterian

The drawing was done with a sharp pointed pencil in precise, broken lines.

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