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

 

M.1539
Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: MSS Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 2/18/3
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, mourning edges, partial watermark of a crown over a scroll and 'ORIGINAL', f.s.
Size: 7 13/16 x 6 1/8" (198 x 155 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to Albert Ludovici

Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG

Provenance

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1539).

Exhibitions

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

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret