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

Conservation History

Handle, gourd or bobbin, Glasgow University Library
Handle, gourd or bobbin, Glasgow University Library

This was drawn on the final, fourth side of the letter. It is oddly placed, touching the writing. It is possible that it was not by Whistler.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret