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

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M.1182
Studies of heads and of the Château at Chenonceau

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler R221
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, watermark 'KINGS MILL' under monogram 'KM' in a shield
Size: 8 1/2 x 6 3/4" (216 x 172 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'Drapers Shop. / Red and Black. / Sign of the Heart / Evening. Clocktower / Forge // Blois - / Paris - / Trix - '; r.: draft letter from Whistler to the RBA
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Studies of heads and of the Château at Chenonceau

Studies of heads and of the Château at Chenonceau dates from the autumn of 1888. James and Beatrice Whistler were on their honeymoon and may have been staying in Tours. In his draft letter to the Royal Society of British Artists,Whistler described himself as 'under the very walls of Chenonceau - the Kingly Chateau of Francis I.' 1 Otherwise the letter is not related to the drawing.

Studies of heads and of the Château at Chenonceau, Glasgow University Library
Studies of heads and of the Château at Chenonceau, Glasgow University Library

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1182). The entry has been revised.

Notes:

1: Whistler to RBA, [14 September / 1 October 1888], GUW #05325.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret