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

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M.1363
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46176
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 15/16 x 4 3/8" (151 x 111 mm)
Signature: butterfly on cover
Inscription: various
print

Sketchbook

Technique

The drawings are rather like those of Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) but the writing is Whistler's and it is assumed the drawings are by him.

Conservation History

Shop with Breton girl, Sketchbook, p. 3, The Hunterian
Shop with Breton girl, Sketchbook, p. 3, The Hunterian

All sheets are browned and some are water-stained.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret