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

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M.1628
The Tambourine

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900/1902
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46294
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper, laid down on double-sided card with stamp of W. Holland
Size: 273 x 180 mm (10 3/4 x 7 1/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: in R. Birnie Philip’s hand, 'The Tambourine - / Exhibited Paris 1905'
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The Tambourine

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1935: given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

  • Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 142).

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's will, this work cannot be exhibited in another venue.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret