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

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M.1351
Stand for a mirror

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler T105
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, brown printed heading of 'The Goupil Gallery/ BOUSSOD, VALADON & Co/ 116 & 117, NEW BOND STREET.W./ LONDON.', watermark of two flowers and 'St Margaret's Superfine', f.s.
Size: 7 15/16 x 9 1/2" (202 x 241 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: letter from D. C. Thomson to Whistler
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Stand for a mirror

Stand for a mirror was drawn in an unrelated letter from David Croal Thomson (1855-1930) to Whistler dated 26 November 1892. 1

Stand for a mirror, Glasgow University Library
Stand for a mirror, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1351).

Notes:

1: GUW #05760.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret