Study of a Figure at the Water’s Edge Carrying a Basket or Fish RMG PU0461, William Lionel Wyllie

Study of a figure at the water’s edge carrying a basket or fish this sketch reflects the fashion for japanese art current in the 1870s and particularly as adopted by whistler, whose work wyllie would have known. The subject, however, is probably a french fisherwoman. Study of a figure at the water’s edge carrying a basket or fish. Date: probably late 1860-70s. Dimensions: 88 mm x 124 mm. Collection: Fine art.