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

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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

Composition

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

Two of the sketches may be studies for the etching Château Touraine [410].

Technique

There are several character studies of a man with a hooked nose, and one carefully modelled drawing of a man looking down, which might be a self-portrait, or may have been drawn by Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896).

Conservation History

The sheet has been torn in half, and is dirty.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret