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

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r. and v.: Study for a proposed portrait of the Duke Marlborough

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46169
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 6 x 3 13/16" (152 x 97 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'Study for a proposed portrait of the Duke of Marlborough', written by Harold Wright
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r. and v.: Study for a proposed portrait of the Duke Marlborough

r. and v.: Study for a proposed portrait of the Duke Marlborough probably dates from some time between April and September 1892. George Charles Spencer-Churchill (1844-1892), 8th Duke of Marlborough commissioned 'state' portraits of himself and his wife, Lillian Warren Spencer-Churchill (1854-1909), Duchess of Marlborough. The Duke suggested sittings in May 1892 in London, but arrangements for sittings seem to have lapsed thereafter. 1 Whistler was invited to Blenheim in September but this visit was probably cancelled. The Duke died on 9 November 1892.

r.: Study for a proposed portrait of the Duke Marlborough, The Hunterian
r.: Study for a proposed portrait of the Duke Marlborough, The Hunterian

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1337).

Notes:

1: 19 April 1892, GUW #08319.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret