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

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M.1338
side 2: A house; side 3: an arch; side 4: steps leading up to a wrought-iron balcony

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler B169
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: off-white laid paper, embossed heading of Boussod Valadon & Cie.; watermark, 'OLD ROYAL/ MANUFACTORY/ VIDALON', a crown above lions supporting a shield, quartered, the top quarters quartered, a scroll and balloon in the lower quarters, f.s.
Size: 8 1/8 x 10 9/16" (207 x 269 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from from M. Joyant to Whistler
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side 2: A house; side 3: an arch; side 4: steps leading up to a wrought-iron balcony

Technique

side 2: A house, Glasgow University Library
side 2: A house, Glasgow University Library
side 3: An arch, Glasgow University Library
side 3: An arch, Glasgow University Library
side 4: Steps leading up to a wrought-iron balcony, Glasgow University Library
side 4: Steps leading up to a wrought-iron balcony, Glasgow University Library

They were drawn with loose, unco-ordinated lines, and could be by Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) rather than James.

Conservation History

The sheet is folded, with the sketches on three sides. The paper is slightly darkened, with browned edges.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret