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

 

M.0720
Caricature of F. R. Leyland

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46079
Medium: pen and dark brown ink/black ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 6 7/8 x 4 3/8" (174 x 112 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'It occurs to "F. R. L. frill - that he will keep an eye on the assets of the White House.'

Caricature of F. R. Leyland

Caricature of F. R. Leyland dates from May or June 1879, after Whistler was declared insolvent on 8 May 1879.

Caricature of F. R. Leyland, The Hunterian
Caricature of F. R. Leyland, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 720).

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret