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

 

M.1103
Design for mouldings for Messrs Dowdeswell

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886
Collection: Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Rare Books and Manuscripts Division
Medium: pen, black ink, pencil and watercolour
Support: grey lined, cream wove paper
Size: 3 11/16 x 7 1/4" (94 x 184 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: [p. 2] 'Top. / [p. 3] 'Top.'

Design for mouldings for Messrs Dowdeswell

Provenance

  • 1886: sent by Whistler to Messrs Dowdeswell, art dealers, London.
  • Date unknown: acquired by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971) ;
  • 1943: given to the National Gallery of Art but housed at the Alverthorpe Gallery;
  • 1980: moved from Alverthorpe, and deposited in the Library of Congress.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret