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

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Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter, Detroit Institute of Arts
Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter, Detroit Institute of Arts
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel, Freer Gallery of Art
Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel, Freer Gallery of Art

The two portraits depicted are Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter [YMSM 122] and possibly Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel [YMSM 321].

Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz, Hill-Stead Museum
Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz, Hill-Stead Museum
The Coast of Brittany, Wadsworth Athenaeum
The Coast of Brittany, Wadsworth Athenaeum

The beach scene or seascape, might be Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz [YMSM 041] or The Coast of Brittany [YMSM 037], though neither seem exactly similar.

Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, Freer Gallery of Art

Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony [YMSM 056] is very recognisable.

Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf, National Gallery of Art, DC
Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf, National Gallery of Art, DC

A scene with ships may be Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf [YMSM 054], although the proportions seem incorrect.

Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Six paintings, detail, Glasgow University Library
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Finally, the drawings show Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks [YMSM 047].

Conservation History

The paper has a torn edge at the left side, and was folded three times both ways.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret