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

 

M.1537
r.: Designs for monogram for ISSPG ; v.: Tracing of monogram for ISSPG

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898/1899
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 2006685411
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, partial watermark '898'
Size: 4 7/16 x 3 7/16" (112 x 88 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: 'Take your choice/ I mark what perhaps I/ prefer *' by Whistler, and inscribed, probably by Pennell 'this'; v.: inscribed, as signed, 'return to J Pennell', and '… to have the pleasure / of studying with you/ Very sincerely yours/ E. R. Pennell'

r.: Designs for monogram for ISSPG ; v.: Tracing of monogram for ISSPG
r.: Designs for monogram for ISSPG, Library Of Congress
r.: Designs for monogram for ISSPG, Library Of Congress
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, catalogue cover, 1901
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, catalogue cover, 1901

Verso not reproduced.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret