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

 

M.1105
Sketch of 'Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, printed and embossed heading 'INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS,/ Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, S.W.', watermark 'HOLYROOD', a helmet on a shield, axes, over a scroll, f.s.
Size: 9 7/8 x 7 15/16" (251 x 202 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: letter with list including: 'Lange Lize girl painting'

Sketch of 'Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks'

Sketch of 'Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks' was drawn on the verso of a letter from Whistler, possibly to Horace Henry Cauty (1846-1909), probably in February 1887. 1

Sketch of 'Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks', Library of Congress
Sketch of 'Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks', Library of Congress

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1105). This record has been revised.

Notes:

1: Whistler to [H. H. Cauty], [February 1887], GUW #08188.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret