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

 

M.1501
Lizzie Willis

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler P338
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, f.s., mourning edge on first side, partial watermark, the top of a helmet and a sceptre
Size: 7 11/16 x 6" (196 x 152 mm)
Signature: 'General' on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to R. Birnie Philip

Lizzie Willis

Technique

Lizzie Willis, Glasgow University Library
Lizzie Willis, Glasgow University Library

The drawing is on the fourth side of the letter, and in the same ink.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret