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

 

M.1124
Interior of the British Artists exhibition

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886/1887
Collection: Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Accession Number: 1753
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper, watermark 'HOLYROOD', with embossed head and 'INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF/ BRITISH ARTISTS/ Suffolk Street/ Pall Mall East, SW./ 188...',
Size: 7 15/16 x 4 15/16" (201 x 126 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Interior of the British Artists exhibition

Provenance

  • 1886/1887: acquired by Whistler's son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) .
  • Date unknown: bought by Sir Robert Clermont Witt (1872-1952);
  • 1952: bequeathed to the Courtauld Institute.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret