1875
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Price's Candle-Works is a 1875 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a row of simple buildings along a waterfront, with a few ships tied up at docks. The artist used quick, loose lines to draw smokestacks, trees, and a couple of small boats. In the foreground, two people sit on the shore, looking out at the scene. The drawing looks like it was made fast, almost like notes from a quick visit. The paper has a textured look, which is common in older sketches. Check out the technique: drypoint to see how this kind of sketch was made.
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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