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

 

M.0626
Square Canister with expanding neck

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1907.177a-b
Medium: pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: crream wove paper
Size: 8 7/8 x 6 11/16-6 3/4" (225 x 170/2 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r: '7 1/2 5 1/2', v: '242' in unknown hands

Square Canister with expanding neck

Composition

Square Canister with expanding neck, Freer Gallery of Art
Square Canister with expanding neck, Freer Gallery of Art
Square Canister with expanding neck, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
Square Canister with expanding neck, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

This is an illustration for Plate XIV, Thompson 1878 [more] . There is one preliminary study, Square Canister with expanding neck [M.0625].

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret