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

 

M.1468
A girl in a red cap

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46252
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card with stamp of W. Holland
Size: 10 13/16 x 7 1/16" (274 x 180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

A girl in a red cap

Technique

A girl in a red cap, The Hunterian
A girl in a red cap, The Hunterian

The charcoal lines are confident, illuminated by bright sparks of colour. This drawing and A girl in a green cap and white tunic [M.1469] are similar in colour, technique and paper.

Conservation History

A commercial board, with a cool, dark brown paper on both sides, with fibres and flecks of wood-stalk, and a chequered grain.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret