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

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M.1316
Head of a man in a cap

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1891
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler N69
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, watermark of a crown over '[Hill/ Rough]/162 New B...', embossed orange heading, '21, CHEYNE WALK,/ CHELSEA.'
Size: 4 5/16 x 7" (110 x 178 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: letter from Whistler to T. Nourse
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Head of a man in a cap

Head of a man in a cap was drawn on the draft of a letter from Whistler to the firm of Thorndike Nourse in March 1891. 1 The letter is not related to the drawing.

Head of a man in a cap, Glasgow University Library
Head of a man in a cap, Glasgow University Library

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1316). The entry has been amended.

Notes:

1: [3/10 March 1891], GUW #04312.

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