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

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M.1452
Plan of a room

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler F268
Medium: pencil
Support: white laid paper, watermark 'TOWGOOD'S/ FINE' and printed heading of 'THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LIMD,/ 148 NEW BOND ST. W.', f.s.
Size: 9 13/16 x 7 3/4" (250 x 197 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: letter from Ernest Brown to Whistler; and 'Liquid petroleum/ Chrismolene' in another hand, possibly by R. B. Philip
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Plan of a room

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Plan of a room, Glasgow University Library
Plan of a room, Glasgow University Library

Not identified. At this time Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) was very ill, and the plan may relate to the search for a house and studio in London.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret