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

 

M.0610
Ewer and Cover

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum
Accession Number: 25-32i
Medium: pencil, pen, brown ink and wash
Support: cream paper
Size: 8 7/16 x 6 11/16" (214 x 170 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Ewer and Cover

Ewer and Cover dates from 1876/1878. It is an illustration in a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894). 1

The small butterfly was added in 1893.

Ewer and Cover, Glasgow Museums
Ewer and Cover, Glasgow Museums

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 610).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 16th March 2021 by Margaret