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

 

Sketchbook

Technique


                    The port of Ajaccio, sketchbook (p. 69), The Hunterian
The port of Ajaccio, sketchbook (p. 69), The Hunterian

The drawigs are all in graphite pencil. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1693)

Conservation History

Front cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian
Front cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian

                    Man’s head, sketchbook (p. 3), The Hunterian
Man’s head, sketchbook (p. 3), The Hunterian
Back cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian
Back cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian
Paper edge of sketchbook, The Hunterian
Paper edge of sketchbook, The Hunterian

This was a cheap exercise book, and is battered and soiled, with some pages coming loose.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret