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

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M.1334
A room with a skylight and velarium (?)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler S144
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, printed heading of 'SOCIÉTÉ NATIONALE DES BEAUX ARTS/ CHAMPS-DE-MARS/ PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS/ Paris ... SECRETARIAT'
Size: 8 13/16 x 5 1/4" (220 x 133 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from H. D. Tahier to Whistler
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A room with a skylight and velarium (?)

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A room with a skylight and velarium (?), Glasgow University Library
A room with a skylight and velarium (?), Glasgow University Library

A plan showing light coming from a skylight and directed onto walls, possibly related to Whistler's ideas for a velarium to be used in exhibitions. See A room [M.1335].

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret