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'

Provenance

  • 1886/1887: drawn on the verso of a letter that may have been sent to Horace Henry Cauty (1846-1909) at the Society of British Artists.
  • 1951: bought from the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, 31 January 1951.

It is unlikely that it was sent, as suggested in 1995, to David Croal Thomson (1855-1930).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret