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

 

M.0663
r.: Masked girl wearing a head-dress skipping; v.: Dancer

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler V52
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper with watermark 'JOYNSON FINE', f.s.
Size: 9 x 7 1/16" (228 x 179 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: letter draft

r.: Masked girl wearing a head-dress skipping; v.: Dancer

r.: Masked girl wearing a head-dress skipping; v.: Dancer date from 5 January 1878. They were drawn on the draft of a letter (one of three), probably dating from 4 January 1878, from Whistler to B. Verity & Sons regarding Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room [YMSM 178]. 1

r.: Masked girl wearing a head-dress skipping Glasgow University Library
r.: Masked girl wearing a head-dress skipping Glasgow University Library
v.: Dancer Glasgow University Library
v.: Dancer Glasgow University Library

The sketches are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 663).

Notes:

1: [4 January 1878], GUW #05963.

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret