1888
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Clock-Tower, Amboise is a 1888 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a tall clock tower rising over a busy street. People walk near buildings with steep roofs and small windows. The lines are loose and scratchy, like quick notes from a sketchbook. The artist used a sharp tool to carve into the metal plate, creating dark lines on light paper. This method is called drypoint. Look up etching to see how artists like this make prints.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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