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

 

M.0721
F. R. Leyland

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB12 p.21
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: blue rag paper with curved top, stuck in album
Size: 2 9/16 x 2 11/16" (65 x 68 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Whistler' in unknown hand; 'Caricature of F. R. Leyland hugging himself in anger against Whistler.' inscribed under drawing by C. A. Howell

F. R. Leyland

Provenance

  • ca 1879: acquired by Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) , London, and placed in an album;
  • After 1884: the album was acquired by Cornelius Cox (1835-1889) and returned to Whistler;
  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Cornelius Cox was the father of Amy Ellen Cox, Mrs T. R. Way (1865-1949), wife of Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913). Way's father, Thomas Way (1837-1915), instructed Whistler in the art of lithography in the late 1870s and printed his lithographs.It was on the Ways' advice that the album was shown to Whistler.

Last updated: 23rd April 2021 by Margaret