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

 

Le Rhin

Technique


                    Le Rhin, Freer Gallery of Art
Le Rhin, Freer Gallery of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 261) .

Conservation History

The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook. Over fifty drawings, many in sketchbooks, most of which dated from 1857-1858, were apparently given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, and were later removed from the sketchbooks.

Last updated: 2nd March 2021 by Margaret