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

 

M.0298
Passport

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855-1863
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler NB10
Medium: pencil and crayon
Support: off-white wove paper in a leather-bound notebook manufactured by Carter and Bromley, London
Size: notebook (116 x 84 mm closed), containing a folded linen-backed sheet (165 x 170 mm overall, irregular) for passport details and consular stamps, and a paper notebook (46 sides, 165 x 170 mm open)
Signature: none
Inscription: various

Passport

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: given by her to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret