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

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M.1343
A frame and five paintings

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler B36
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: off-white wove paper with watermark 'Marchais'
Size: 12 3/16 x 8 1/4" (310 x 210 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: draft letter from Whistler to Paul von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg
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A frame and five paintings

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret