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

 

M.0632
Plate, Bowl with a cover surmounted by a cup-shaped knob, Globular-shaped Bottle with long neck and Eight-sided Bowl

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY.
Accession Number: 69.158
Medium: pen, black ink and wash
Support: cream Japan paper laid down on card
Size: 7 11/16 x 6 11/16" (195 x 170 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Plate, Bowl with a cover surmounted by a cup-shaped knob, Globular-shaped Bottle with long neck and Eight-sided Bowl

Plate, Bowl with a cover surmounted by a cup-shaped knob, Globular-shaped Bottle with long neck and Eight-sided Bowl dates from 1876/1878.

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

Plate, Bowl with a cover surmounted by a cup-shaped knob, Globular-shaped Bottle with long neck and Eight-sided Bowl, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute,
Plate, Bowl with a cover surmounted by a cup-shaped knob, Globular-shaped Bottle with long neck and Eight-sided Bowl, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute,

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 632).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 12th April 2021 by Margaret