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

 

M.1698
Eve

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1901
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46309
Medium: crayon
Support: pale brown wove paper
Size: 178 x 125 mm (7 x 4 15/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Eve

Composition

Eve, The Hunterian
Eve, The Hunterian

This is one of several designs for a competition for an advertisement for Pear's soap. See Adam and Eve [M.1697]. and Venus and Cupid [M.1699].

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1698).

Conservation History

This is the right half of the same sheet as Venus and Cupid [M.1699].

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret