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

 

M.0235
The Kitchen

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.153
Medium: pencil, gouache and watercolour
Support: beige laid paper with watermark of a laurel wreath round a shield, tipped down
Size: 12 7/16 x 8 3/4" (316 x 223 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

The Kitchen

Composition

The Kitchen, Freer Gallery of Art
The Kitchen, Freer Gallery of Art
The Kitchen, etching, The Hunterian
The Kitchen, etching, The Hunterian

This is the preparatory study for the etching The Kitchen [16], possibly traced to transfer the outlines to the copper plate. As printed, the composition appears in reverse.

Last updated: 5th December 2020 by Margaret