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

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M.1144
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46116
Medium: pencil, ink, watercolour
Support: cream wove paper, in beige canvas covered sketchbook
Size: 2 15/16 x 4 3/4" (75 x 120 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: various
print

Sketchbook

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret