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

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M.1632
Handle, gourd or bobbin

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W1315
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, printed heading of H. Wunderlich & Co., watermark ‘Sterling Line’
Size: 203 x 138 mm (8 x 5 7/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: letter from E.G. Kennedy to Whistler
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Handle, gourd or bobbin

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret