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

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r.: House front with a woman at the window; v.: Rosalind Birnie Philip

Technique


                    r.: House front with a woman at the window, Yale Center for British Art
r.: House front with a woman at the window, Yale Center for British Art

The house was first outlined, and watercolour was then used to fill in between the lines, with some untidy work with the point of the brush within the window and doorway, and bold but indecipherable figures at right.

Conservation History

It was drawn on a fibrous paper with small bits of wood, and a chequered grain.

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret