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

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M.0268
r.: Group of figures around a brazier; v.: Figures in a carriage

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.177
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white paper
Size: 6 3/8-6 7/16" x 3 7/8" (162-164 x 99 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Group of figures around a brazier; v.: Figures in a carriage

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r.: Group of figures around a brazier, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Group of figures around a brazier, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Figures in a carriage, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Figures in a carriage, Freer Gallery of Art

The woman at left appears to be doling out food from a pot, or perhaps roasting chestnuts on a brazier. The drawing on the verso may show a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, used for racing.

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Probably drawn on Whistler's Rhineland etching expedition, but possibly back in Paris.

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret