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

 

M.1169
Plan of rooms

Artist: James McNeill Whistler (?)
Date: 1888
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler M471
Medium: pencil
Support: blue-squared off-white wove paper with red and black printed heading 'American Artists' Club, Barer St.76, Munich', f.s.
Size: 8 11/16 x 11 5/16" (221 x 288 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r: letter from Robert Koehler to Whistler

Plan of rooms

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

Although the sketch may concern an exhibition, it was never exhibited.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret