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

 

M.0626
Square Canister with expanding neck

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1907.177a-b
Medium: pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: crream wove paper
Size: 8 7/8 x 6 11/16-6 3/4" (225 x 170/2 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r: '7 1/2 5 1/2', v: '242' in unknown hands

Square Canister with expanding neck

Square Canister with expanding neck dates from 1876/1878.

It is an illustration for a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894), published in 1878. 1

Square Canister with expanding neck, Freer Gallery of Art
Square Canister with expanding neck, Freer Gallery of Art

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 626).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret