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

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M.1165
House with a tower

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler R206-09
Medium: pencil
Support: cream blue-lined laid paper, watermark of a shield bearing three flowers, two above and one below an inverted 'V'
Size: 12 7/8 x 8" (327 x 203 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: draft of letter from Whistler to the Royal Society of British Artusts, sheet numbered '3'
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House with a tower

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 by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret