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

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M.1508
The Queen's Naval Jubilee, 1897

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: unknown
Size: 5 x 9" ca (ca 128 x 220 mm)
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

The Queen's Naval Jubilee, 1897

Description

The picture was described as 'Greenish Grey' in a 1904 memorandum now in Boston Public Library.

Site

The Diamond Jubilee Naval Review took place at Spithead, 26 June 1897. 1

Notes:

1: 'The fleet firing royal salute on entry of Royal Yacht into the lines'; supplement to The Graphic, 3 July 1897, British Museum 1902,1011.9462, website.

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret