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

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M.1190
r.: Lady playing the piano; v.: ship in a storm

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper
Size: 3 13/16 x 6 5/16" (97 x 161 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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r.: Lady playing the piano; v.: ship in a storm

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • ca 1956: removed from a sketchbook and give to the Hon. Kathleen Gay, London;
  • 1976: passed by family descent to a private collection.

Exhibitions

The drawings have not been exhibited.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret