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

 

M.1447
Designs for a flag for a lithograph exhibition

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB3 p. 39
Medium: pen, black ink and pencil
Support: cream card
Size: 3 7/16 x 4 1/2" (88 x 114 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: letter from Whistler to M. B. Huish; inscribed in unknown hand '27th Nov.'

Designs for a flag for a lithograph exhibition

Provenance

  • 1895: sent to Marcus Bourne Huish (1843-1904) , of the Fine Art Society, London.
  • 1921: sold by James Tregaskis (1850-1926) , London book and art dealer (December 1921, cat. no. 413 iii).
  • Date unknown: acquired by Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) , London;
  • 1955: given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret