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

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M.0340
The Valparaiso Notebook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1865/1875
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler NB9
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper bound in notebook: boards card, covered in bottle-green watered taffeta
Size: 5 5/8" x 2 7/8" (143 x 74 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: various notes, see Subject/Description tab
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The Valparaiso Notebook

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.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret