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

 

M.0283
'Deux Artistes célèbres de Paris...'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.161
Medium: pencil
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 7 7/8" x 9 5/8" (200 x 245 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Deux Artistes celebres de Paris! descendus à la cave Profonde, font des portraits à trrrrois frrrancs!!!. -' by Whistler; 'SH', possibly by F. S. Haden; '185' in unknown hand

'Deux Artistes célèbres de Paris...'

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'Deux Artistes célèbres de Paris...', Freer Gallery of Art
'Deux Artistes célèbres de Paris...', Freer Gallery of Art

Probably a village or town on the route taken from the Rhineland to France by Whistler and his friend Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872).

Sitter

A town crier, perhaps. Whistler earnt their food by drawing portraits of the locals.

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret