M.0849 Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol
Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1881/1882 Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow Accession Number: GLAHA 46086 Medium: pencil and watercolour Support: off-white wove paper Size: 11 9/16 x 9 1/8" (293 x 232 mm) Signature: two butterflies Inscription: 'I will send you the size in a drawing / but you ought to carve it from a natural/ flower: I suppose it will be carved in box / wood [or] very strong wood? The wood I should / wish to / be painted / in the natural / colors of the flower / [by Mr.] Whistler // room enough/ for the hand to grasp / between the flowers // head wth hole / for screw. / Smaller bud / on left side of stick to/ recline on the parasol.' possibly written by Lady A. Campbell
