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

 

Seated woman in Luxembourg Gardens

Technique


                    Seated woman in Luxembourg Gardens, The Hunterian
Seated woman in Luxembourg Gardens, The Hunterian

This was intended as a lithograph but could not be transferred to stone or printed. The drawing is on the matt side of papier végétal lithographic transfer paper obtained from the Paris printers Lemercier & Cie, instead of on the gummed side of the paper, and so it could not be transferred to a lithographic stone for printing. There is a slight grain on the drawing that could have come from it being laid on a grained surface. The sheet has pinholes at the corners.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret