The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.1477
Cathedral Close, Canterbury

Cathedral Close, Canterbury

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 1/8 x 3 1/2" (130 x 89 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Cathedral Close, Canterbury' by Harold Wright

Date

Cathedral Close, Canterbury dates from the summer of 1896.

Cathedral Close, Canterbury, Private collection
Cathedral Close, Canterbury, Private collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1477); the record has been updated.

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Cathedral Close, Canterbury, private collection
Cathedral Close, Canterbury, private collection

Subject

Site

Cathedral Close, Canterbury, private collection
Cathedral Close, Canterbury, private collection

The cathedral close, possibly Mercer Lane, leading to Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, England.

Technique

Technique

Cathedral Close, Canterbury, private collection
Cathedral Close, Canterbury, private collection

Drawn with a fine nib pen and brown ink, with broken outlines, the shapes of windows and door filled in with patches of shading.

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