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

 

M.0601
Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1907.178
Medium: pencil, pen, black ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 x 5 3/16" (203 x 312 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '292 /75 1/4' in an unknown hand

Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover

Description

Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover, Freer Gallery of Art
Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover, Freer Gallery of Art

The Thompson catalogue described this as 'Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-shaped Cover; closely drawn hawthorn stem and blossom on a ground of transparent wavy blue (brilliant colour); round the edge a band of ornament. Height, 10 inches.' 1

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] , p. 58 (cat. no. 292) repr. pl. 3.

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret