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

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M.1402
Sketch of 'The Novel - Study of a girl reading'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: FGA Whistler 114
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: white laid paper, partial watermark 'ENGLISH FH/ FINE', f.s
Size: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2" (210 x 166 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to T. R. Way
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Sketch of 'The Novel - Study of a girl reading'

Provenance

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime, and, by the ter,s of Freer's will, cannot be shown in any other venue.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret