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

 

M.1343
A frame and five paintings

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler B36
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: off-white wove paper with watermark 'Marchais'
Size: 12 3/16 x 8 1/4" (310 x 210 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: draft letter from Whistler to Paul von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg

A frame and five paintings

A frame and five paintings was probably drawn in January 1892, on a sheet containing a draft letter from Whistler to Count Paul von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg (1831-1901), German ambassador to Britain, and other drafts, unrelated to the drawing. 1

A frame and five paintings, Glasgow University Library
A frame and five paintings, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1343). The entry has been amended.

Notes:

1: [20/30 January 1892], GUW #00261.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret