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

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Peacock shutters

Composition

Peacock shutters, I.S. Gardner Museum
Peacock shutters, I.S. Gardner Museum
Shutters in the Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art
Shutters in the Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art

A drawing, possibly from memory, of shutters in Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room [YMSM 178]. In the central shutter, the right hand peacock has its wings more outspread than in the original, cutting across the vertical space between the peacocks.

Hadley considered the drawings were made in preparation for the decoration, but this is unlikely. 1

Notes:

1: Hadley 1968 [more], pp. 37-41, no. 18.

Last updated: 10th May 2021 by Margaret