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

 

M.0645
Oviform Vase with cover and Tobacco Jar and cover surmounted with a knob

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen, ink and wash
Support: probably paper
Size: 8 x 6" (203 x 152 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: unknown

Oviform Vase with cover and Tobacco Jar and cover surmounted with a knob

Oviform Vase with cover and Tobacco Jar and cover surmounted with a knob dates from 1876/1878.

Oviform Vase with cover and Tobacco Jar and cover surmounted with a knob, Thompson 1878, repr. pl.XXV
Oviform Vase with cover and Tobacco Jar and cover surmounted with a knob, Thompson 1878, repr. pl.XXV

It was an illustration for a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894), published in 1878: the illustration is reproduced above. 1

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 645).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret