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

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Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket'

Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket' was drawn on the verso of a letter to Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902) regarding the Whistler v. Ruskin trial, and dates from about 26 November 1878. 1


                Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket', Library of Congress
Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket', Library of Congress

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 705).

Notes:

1: GUW #10748.

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