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

 

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The Flagstaff

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession Number: PD.16-1960
Medium: watercolour
Support: paper
Size: 7 ¾ x 5 1/3" (197 x 135 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none.

The Flagstaff

Composition

Grey and pearl – Bank Holiday Banners, Fitzwilliam Museum
Grey and pearl – Bank Holiday Banners, Fitzwilliam Museum
Grey and pearl – Bank Holiday Banners, Fitzwilliam Museum
Grey and pearl – Bank Holiday Banners, Fitzwilliam Museum

It is similar in composition to Whistler's Grey and pearl - Bank Holiday Banners [M.0954], which is reproduced above, but is not an exact copy of that.

Last updated: 31st May 2021 by Margaret