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

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M.1542
Study for a portrait of Miss Marion Peck

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895/1900
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46274
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 5 3/16 x 4" (132 x 102 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Sketch of Miss Peck (later Mrs Farquharson)' [sic] in Harold Wright's hand
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Study for a portrait of Miss Marion Peck

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1958: bequeathed to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret