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

 

M.0642
Teapot, in the form of a pomegranate

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum
Accession Number: 25-32h
Medium: pen, brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8" (219 x 169 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Teapot, in the form of a pomegranate

Teapot, in the form of a pomegranate dates from 1876/1878; the small butterfly was added in 1893.

Teapot in the form of a pomegranate, Glasgow Museums
Teapot in the form of a pomegranate, Glasgow Museums

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

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 642).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret