1875
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Scotch Widow is a 1875 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman dressed in a long, flowing coat and a high-necked dress. Her hair is pulled back, and she stands with her hands tucked inside her sleeves. The lines are loose and scratchy, like quick strokes with a pen. The artist used a drypoint tool to create the texture—you can almost feel the marks on the paper. This wasn’t meant to be smooth; it’s raw and fast, like a sketch you’d do in a hurry. Next, check out drypoint to see how this technique works.
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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