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

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M.1335
A room

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: E. G. Kennedy Letterbooks, vol. 3, p. 182
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, envelope, embossed heading 'ARTS CLUB,/ 40 DOVER STREET,/ PICCADILLY, W.'
Size: 4 3/4 x 4" (122 x 103 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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A room

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A room, New York Public Library
A room, New York Public Library

Possibly a plan showing light coming from a skylight and directed onto walls, related to Whistler's ideas for a velarium to be used in exhibitions. See A room with a skylight and velarium (?) [M.1334].

Last updated: 27th February 2021 by Margaret