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

 

M.1553
Frog

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 2006678408
Medium: pen, brown ink and white paint
Support: tan tracing paper laid down on card
Size: 2 11/16 x 2 11/16" paper; card 8 1/2 x 6 11/16" (69 x 69 mm paper; card 216 x 170 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: on card, r.: 'this/ this/ Reduced to this size/ measured from forehead/ to lower line of belly.'; v.: in unknown hands '38310/ Wm Heinemann/ 4% Today Special/ good block/ 8-89-806.29'; stamp of LC Division of Prints

Frog

Composition

Frog, Library Of Congress
Frog, Library Of Congress
Frog, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, p. v, Glasgow University Library
Frog, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, p. v, Glasgow University Library

It was drawn for publication above the Dedication in Whistler 1899 (F)[more] , p. v.

Technique

It was drawn in pen and brown ink with corrections in white paint.

Conservation History

The paper darkened to orangey beige, and laid down on off-white card, which has pinholes at the edges for transfer. A proof on a small, irregular (40 x 42/30 mm) scrap of paper was stuck above the drawing to provide a scale for reproduction.

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret