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

 

M.1399
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Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893/1895
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46197
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: pale beige wove paper, partial watermark '...TICA... / ... Parchment/ ... & Co.'
Size: 6 15/16 x 5" (176 x 114 mm)
Signature: four butterflies
Inscription: none

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Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret