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

 

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) .
  • 1958: bequeathed to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

The cartoon was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime, though the Peacock Room was shown to the Press in 1877, accompanied by a pamphlet expressing Whistler's intentions: Whistler 1877 C [more] .

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