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

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M.1097
Man in an armchair, reading a newspaper; v: Heads and figures

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler X6
Medium: pen, black ink and brown ink
Support: cream laid paper, printed heading 'HOGARTH CLUB,/ 27 ALBEMARLE STREET, W.', watermark 'JOYNSON SUPERFINE'
Size: 7 1/16 x 9" (180 x 229 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: draft of letter from Whistler
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Man in an armchair, reading a newspaper; v: Heads and figures

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: given to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret