Technique

Painted quite boldly and broadly, for all its small scale, in thin, creamy paint. The square ended brush-strokes cross jerkily from left to right, criss-crossing at narrow angles. The houses and trees on the skyline were defined with smaller, rounded and pointed sable brushes. It appears that the trees at upper right were altered, the sky being painted over parts of them.

Conservation History

According to Freer Gallery files, the varnish was removed in 1921, it was cleaned and varnished in 1937, resurfaced in 1938, and cleaned and surfaced in 1951.

Frame

Small Dowdeswell frame, made for Whistler's exhibition in 1884 [11.1 cm]. 1