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

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Sketches of the Peacock Room; (a) south wall and shutters; (b) roof and wall panelling; (c) pendant and cove; (d) fighting peacocks

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46070
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: double sheet of off-white laid paper, partial watermark 'Parkins / Royal F...', removed from an album of press-cuttings
Size: 319 x 203 mm (12 9/16 x 8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Sketches of the Peacock Room; (a) south wall and shutters; (b) roof and wall panelling; (c) pendant and cove; (d) fighting peacocks

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

Not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret