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

Site

Suspension bridge, GUL NB10, p. 25
Suspension bridge, GUL NB10, p. 25
Westminster, GUL NB10, p. 28
Westminster, GUL NB10, p. 28

The River Thames in London, including a very quick sketch of Westminster.

Boats sailing towards a suspension bridge, GUL NB10, p. 29
Boats sailing towards a suspension bridge, GUL NB10, p. 29
Figures in the bow of a boat on a river, GUL NB10, p. 40
Figures in the bow of a boat on a river, GUL NB10, p. 40

Several drawings were probably done from a boat.

Mountainous coastline, GUL NB10, p. 14
Mountainous coastline, GUL NB10, p. 14
Bay with cliffs, GUL NB10, p. 15
Bay with cliffs, GUL NB10, p. 15
Caves in a headland, GUL NB10, p. 16
Caves in a headland, GUL NB10, p. 16

The summary sea-side sketches may have been drawn on the coast of France or southern England.

Sitter

Wapping, GUL NB10, p. 43
Wapping, GUL NB10, p. 43

The woman in the painting was Joanna Hiffernan (b. ca 1843-d.1886) .

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret