1888
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Drury Lane Rags is a 1888 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a rough, sketchy scene of a theater stage. The stage has a simple curtain, a few scattered props, and some faint figures in the wings. The lines are loose and uneven, almost like a quick doodle. The artist used a technique called lithography, which lets you draw directly on stone or metal before printing. This one feels more like a study than a finished work. Next, check out lithography to see how artists use it to 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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