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

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r.: Gambling salon at Baden-Baden; v.: Girl knitting, street scene, cloaked figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.163
Medium: r.: pencil and charcoal; v.: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark 'C' and unidentified symbol
Size: 8 11/16 x 10 1/2-10 9/16" (221 x 266-269 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'SH', possibly by F. S. Haden
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r.: Gambling salon at Baden-Baden; v.: Girl knitting, street scene, cloaked figure

Technique

r.: Gambling salon at Baden-Baden, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Gambling salon at Baden-Baden, Freer Gallery of Art

A complex figure composition, drawn with a variety of pencil outlines and soft shading, including rbbing to soften the shadows. It was probably an idea for a painting, but was not carried further.

Last updated: 13th December 2019 by Margaret