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

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r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony'; v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting

Composition

r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
r.: Study of 'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony', New York Public Library
'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
'Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
 v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
v.: Study of 'The Last of Old Westminster' and another painting, New York Public Library
 The Last of Old Westminster, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Last of Old Westminster, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

                    Battersea Reach, National Gallery of Art, DC, Corcoran collection
Battersea Reach, National Gallery of Art, DC, Corcoran collection

Whistler's sketches show Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony [YMSM 056], and The Last of Old Westminster [YMSM 039] recognisably. The third sketch should represent Battersea Reach [YMSM 045] but is incomplete.

Conservation History

The paper is now browned, and there is a hole in the middle.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret