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

 

M.0574.
Study for 'The Little Forge' (G.141)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1875
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-14
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 2 9/16 x 1 9/16" (65 x 40 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Study for 'The Little Forge' (G.141)

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Study for 'The Little Forge' (G.141), British Museum
Study for 'The Little Forge' (G.141), British Museum

The city of Liverpool, England.

The Pennells incorrectly stated that it was drawn in Corsica in 1901 and was with Knoedler, New York dealers in 1921, but Knoedler's have no record of it. 1

Notes:

1: Pennell 1921C [more] , repr. f.p. 206 as 'The Forge'.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret