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Westgate

Watercolour
late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker

Watercolour drawing entitled 'Westgate' depicting a quiet beach scene. Signed with the artist's butterfly monogram in blue in the lower left hand corner. In a gilt frame.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWestgate (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour drawing by James Abbott McNeill Whistler entitled 'Westgate', ca. late 19th century.
Physical description
Watercolour drawing entitled 'Westgate' depicting a quiet beach scene. Signed with the artist's butterfly monogram in blue in the lower left hand corner. In a gilt frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.8cm
  • Width: 17.25cm
Current frame is 475 x 398 x 27 mm.
Marks and inscriptions
(Signed with Whistler's 'Butterfly' monogram in blue in lower left corner.)
Credit line
Given by the Artist's Executrix
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
  • p. 119 James McNeill Whistler retrospective [Tokyo] : NHK/NHK Promotions Inc., c2014.
  • pp. 76-77 Sloan, Kim (Editor) Feather, Jessica (Author) Robins, Anna Gruetzner (Author), Smiles, Sam (Author), Carey, Frances Carey (Author), British Museum (Host institution.) Places of the mind : British watercolor landscapes, 1850-1950 London; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2017
  • Laura Valette and Florence Calame-Levert, 'James Abbott McNeill Whistler : l'effet papillon', Cinisello Balsamo (Milano) : Silvana Editoriale Spa, [2024].
Collection
Accession number
P.19-1934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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