The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1050
A grey note - Off Dover
Date
A grey note – Off Dover was exhibited in 1886.
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1050).
Images
A grey note – Off Dover, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Site
The town of Dover is on the English channel, and is a port and ferry terminal for ferries to France. This is the only painting by Whistler that names Dover in the title.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1886: 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 27) as 'A grey note – Off Dover'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1050) as 'A grey note – Off Dover'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 27) as 'A grey note – Off Dover'.