Description

'Map of America', Valparaiso Notebook, p. 12, Glasgow University Library

Inscribed:

'1st letter probably leave St Thomas 28th / Feb - [to] reach London 15. of March - / 2nd letter might leave Colon . . . . ./ and arrive in England 28 or 30 -/ 8 / March 17. April 27.* / April 2. May 15th.* bombardment / April 17. May 27 -* / May 3. June 15* next.'

'Studies of a case or box', & 'Plans of a Drawing Room & North Room, & studies of an earring or pipe', Valparaiso Notebook, pp. 22-23, GUL

p. 22, diary, not transcribed, not relevant to drawings; p. 23, relevant section:

'Drawing room. 19½ x 26½ [drawing, inscribed:] 16.5 [wide] 22.1 [long] [drawing, inscribed:] North room / 19.2 / 23 / 21 / 17.6.'

'Woman wearing a dress with puffed sleeves', & 'Woman wearing a dress with a train', Valparaiso Notebook, pp. 26-27, GUL

p. 27:

'W. B. Macaulay/ [drawing] / Instrument 3. 0. 0 / [hamock?] 2. 1 0 / 97. 43 - [Paulton?] / "Limehouse" / Batt. Dawn./ Warehouses/ Black Lion Wharf .'

'Woman seen from the back, in riding dress, & a ruff', & 'Two men at a table, a head, and a plan', Valparaiso Notebook, pp. 28-29, GUL

p. 28:

' Supper 50 : 25 dinner at Peters - Sat - 15 - 7 / Mother [115] 34. Schloss St - Coblentz.'

p. 29:

'Navarelli / amiable cove / Peruvian', 'final arrangement / 2 feet. ½in. by 1 foot. 7. in - / Etchings', '21½ x 16' / [drawing of four boxes] / '6. feet 2 - by 2 ft' / [drawing, Two men at a table; a trestle table, a head, and a plan] / '1½.'

'Flower, ball, & a landscape', & 'Plan of rooms', Valparaiso Notebook, p. 30-inside cover, GUL

Any inscriptions that are not relevant to the drawings are not transcribed.

Cover, Valparaiso Notebook, Glasgow University Library

Edge of paper, Valparaiso Notebook, Glasgow University Library

Site

'Map of America', Valparaiso Notebook, p. 12, Glasgow University Library

This map may have been drawn to show Whistler's proposed voyage and travels in America.