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

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The Bead Stringers

Technique


                    The Bead Stringers, The Hunterian
The Bead Stringers, The Hunterian

The charcoal outlines lines have a rich, silvery quality, framing a wide range of colours from the rubbed in pale lilac of the studio sofa, to the touches of pale pinks and blue, and the bright caps in purple and green.

Conservation History

The paper is a dull grey-brown, fibrous, with small flecks of wood-stalk, and has a horizontal grain.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret