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

 

YMSM 386
Sketch for a Portrait of Miss Ethel Philip

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1889/1896
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46362
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 62.2 x 47.0 cm (24 1/2 x 18 1/2")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Sketch for a Portrait of Miss Ethel Philip

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret