The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M1033a
Ships at sea

Ships at sea

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: paper
Size: 120 x 204 mm (4 3/4 x 8")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Date

Ships at sea dates from 1885.

It was not catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more].

Images

Ships at sea, Private Collection
Ships at sea, Private Collection

Subject

Titles

Whistler's original title is not known.

Description

A beach scene in horizontal format. There are numerous figures on the beach and sailing ships at sea.

Site

Probably painted on the coast of France, at or near Dieppe.

Technique

Technique

Freely painted, with some gouache used for the waves, and the sailing boats.

Conservation History

Unknown.

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

It was probably exhibited in Messrs Dowdeswell's in 1886 but has not been identified.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Catalogues 1906-Present

Websites

Notes:

1: Correspondence with M. F. MacDonald, University of Glasgow, November 2010.