Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0215
Spade or Signboard

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1856/1858
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: Special Collections Whistler 108
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove paper, on verso of blue, purple and orange patterned end-papers, in book: 'Oeuvres de F. Rabelais', ed. by L. Jacob, Paris (Charpentier) 1852, leatherbound, burgundy tooled corners and spine
Size: 7 3/16 x 4 3/16" (177 x 107 mm)
Signature: title page signed 'J. A. M.Whistler'
Inscription: none
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Spade or Signboard

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: given to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

No exhibitions are known.

Last updated: 5th January 2019 by Margaret