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

 

M.0594
Cylindrical Jar

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1907.176
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 7/8 x 6 11/16" (225 x 170 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '3x' in unknown hand

Cylindrical Jar

Description

Cylindrical Jar, Freer Gallery of Art
Cylindrical Jar, Freer Gallery of Art

It was described in the Thompson catalogue as 'Cylindrical Vase, with short hollow neck; companion to the above. Height 11 ½ inches.' The 'above' was described as 'Pair of Beakers, … The body covered with flowers and leaves on a wavy ground of translucent blue; round the neck and foot bands of ornament. Mark, double ring.' 1

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , p. 2 (cat. no. 3) repr. pl. 1; it refers to the previous entry, p. 1 (cat. no. 3).

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret