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

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M.1417
Sketch of 'The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmélites'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: FGA Whistler
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: on cream laid paper, watermark of a crown and 'IMPERIAL CENTURY'
Size: 128 x 149 mm (5 1/16 x 5 7/8")
Signature: 'J McN Whistler' and butterfly on letter
Inscription: 'La Rétameur de l'Impasse'

Sketch of 'The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmélites'

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Sketch of 'The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmélites', Freer Gallery of Art
Sketch of 'The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmélites', Freer Gallery of Art
The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmélites, lithograph, Freer Gallery of Art
The Whitesmiths, Impasse des Carmélites, lithograph, Freer Gallery of Art

Whistler’s sketch and the original lithograph show the Porte des Carmélites, which until the early 20th century led to the Impasse des Carmélites, off 284 rue Saint-Jacques, in the 12e arrondissement, Paris. 1

Notes:

1: A contemporary drawing by Henri Chapelle and a photograph of the site (acc. no. PH37614) are in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

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