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

 

M.0074
The Light at the Door

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Whereabouts unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour, ink and pencil
Support: paper
Size: 3 3/4 x 2 3/8" (95 x 60 mm)
Signature: 'JAW'
Inscription: 'The [sunlight?] was shining [illegible words] light was [splendidly] reflected by the windows of the palace of the Doges of Venice' [in unknown hand]

The Light at the Door

The Light at the Door dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908) in Pomfret, CT.

The drawing was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 74).

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret