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

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M.1700
The Retort

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900
Collection: The Hunterian
Accession Number: GLAHA 46311
Medium: pencil
Support: tan tracing paper
Size: 176 x 127 mm (6 15/16 x 5")
Signature: none
Inscription: "Design for 'Pears’ Soap' (The Retort) (never used)" possibly by Harold Wright
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The Retort

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1700) as 'The Retort'.

Websites

  • The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret