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

 

r.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren; v.: Studies of two actors or actresses, one playing a banjo

Conservation History

The sheet was torn by the artist and intended for destruction, but retrieved and repaired by Thomas Way

On 8 July 1912 his son Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) told Dr Williamson that 'several which belong to my father are very dilapidated having been torn across by Whistler'. 1

Notes:

1: Glasgow University Library, Whistler MS W143; Revillon 1955 W2.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret