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

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M.1022
Trafalgar Square

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: Rosenwald Collection, Library Of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 2006685410
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: off-white wove paper, v.: red printed heading of 'DOWDESWELL & DOWDESWELL, / FINE ART PUBLISHERS / ... 133, NEW BOND STREET, / ...'
Size: 8 7/8 x 5 1/4" (225 x 134 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: "Prichard's Ch" [emists?] v.: 'Plan of a proposed plate in Mezzo tint of Trafalgar Square from the window of a chemist in Cockspur Street or Trafalgar Square - Advertised as "one of London's most important Highways"- Plate was commenced in 65 [sic] but never finished up to this date 30/9/87', written by Charles Dowdeswell

Trafalgar Square

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Trafalgar Square, Library of Congress
Trafalgar Square, Library of Congress

Trafalgar Square with the portico of the National Gallery, London. According to C. Dowdeswell, 'Trafalgar Square from the window of a chemist in Cockspur Street or Trafalgar Square', quoted above, Prichard was a chemist at 65 Charing Cross. Cockspur Street was also at Charing Cross.

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