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

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M.1403
Armchair

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler X31
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper with illegible watermark
Size: 6 x 4 7/16" (152 x 112 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: draft of a letter from Whistler to a newspaper
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Armchair

Armchair was drawn on the verso of the draft of a letter from Whistler to a newspaper concerning an International Exhibition in Antwerp; the verso contains notes of works to be exhibited: neither are relevant to the drawing. 1

Armchair, Glasgow University Library
Armchair, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1403).

Notes:

1: [1/8 March 1894], GUW #07457.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret