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

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Bottle

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                    Bottle, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Bottle, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

A rough sketch of a round bottle with a narrow neck. It is lit from the left and casts a shadow to right.

The Thompson catalogue described the subject of the final illustration as 'Pair of Bottles, of depressed globular form, with short neck. Vases, implements, and leaves on a translucent ground of pale blue; ornamented with stemless hawthorn. On the neck a projecting rim with ornamental band; above stemless hawthorn. Height, 7 ½ inches.' 1

The study shows the decoration only cursorily.

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , p. 3 (cat. no. 8) repr. pl. 3.

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