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

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A country house

Technique


                    A country house, Library of Congress
A country house, Library of Congress

As with A country church [M.0100], it was drawn first in pencil, then shaded with short broader graphite strokes. It was probably touched up with a quill pen, in short lines, curves and shorter zigzags. Finally white body-colour was added as highlights. The brown card provides a mid-tone.

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