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

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M.1634
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896/1902
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46298
Medium: pen and ink
Support: cream wove paper with speckled pink edges; canvas backed sketchbook, manufactured by George Rowney & Co., 64 Oxford Street & 190 Piccadilly (label), with band to hold it closed, 42 pages (84 sides)
Size: 90 x 130 mm (3 9/16 x 5 1/8")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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Sketchbook

Technique

Woman with bent head, sketchbook (p. 19), The Hunterian
Woman with bent head, sketchbook (p. 19), The Hunterian
Corner of a window or door, sketchbook (p. 35), The Hunterian
Corner of a window or door, sketchbook (p. 35), The Hunterian

The sketches are tiny, sharply drawn, but unfinished, the figures being slightly more finished than the furniture or architecture details.

Conservation History

Sketchbook cover, The Hunterian
Sketchbook cover, The Hunterian
Sketchbook inside cover, The Hunterian
Sketchbook inside cover, The Hunterian

The canvas covered sketchbook would have had a pencil attached. It is slightly soiled.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret