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

 

M.1509
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Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897/1900
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Accession Number: WA1955.74
Medium: watercolour
Support: ivory paper, laid down
Size: 4 15/16 x 8 5/16" (125 x 211 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

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Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: sold to Colnaghi's, London art dealers, and by them to the Ashmolean Museum, 26-27 October 1955.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret