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

 

M.1402
Sketch of 'The Novel - Study of a girl reading'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: FGA Whistler 114
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: white laid paper, partial watermark 'ENGLISH FH/ FINE', f.s
Size: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2" (210 x 166 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to T. R. Way

Sketch of 'The Novel - Study of a girl reading'

Sketch of 'The Novel – Study of a girl reading' was drawn in a letter from Whistler in Paris, to Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), lithographer, in London, on 12 December 1893. 1

Sketch of 'The Novel – Study of a girl reading', Freer Gallery of Art
Sketch of 'The Novel – Study of a girl reading', Freer Gallery of Art

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1402).

Notes:

1: [12 December 1893], GUW #03357.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret