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

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M.1333
Sketchbook

Artist: Beatrice and James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46168
Medium: pencil
Support: dark cream wove paper, canvas covered album, 44 sides
Size: 5 7/8 x 4 3/8" (150 x 112 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'February 17 1892 - Paris' inside cover, and various drafts of letters
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Sketchbook

Sketchbook dates from 1892; it is dated February 17 1892' inside the front cover, and includes letters dated from subsequent months. 1

B. Whistler, 'Woman seen from the back', Sketchbook, p.11, The Hunterian
B. Whistler, 'Woman seen from the back', Sketchbook, p.11, The Hunterian
J. Whistler, 'A Landscape painting and the plan of a room', Sketchbook, p. 23, The Hunterian
J. Whistler, 'A Landscape painting and the plan of a room', Sketchbook, p. 23, The Hunterian
J. Whistler, 'Plan of floor of house', Sketchbook, inside back cover, The Hunterian
J. Whistler, 'Plan of floor of house', Sketchbook, inside back cover, The Hunterian

It also contains rough sketches by James and Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896).

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1333).

Notes:

1: i.e. draft of letter from Whistler to W. Webb, [1/8 April 1892], GUW #13365.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret