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

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r. and v.: Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil, pen, black ink and wash
Support: brown paper
Size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2" (196 x 139 mm)
Signature: r. and v.: butterfly
Inscription: 'Whistler v Ruskin // J. A. McN. Whistler/ The White House/ Chelsea - // Dec. 24. 1878.'
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r. and v.: Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics'

r. and v.: Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics' is dated 24 December 1878. 1

Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics', Private Collection
Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics', Private Collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 706).

Notes:

1: Whistler 1878 A [more].

Last updated: 26th May 2021 by Margaret