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

 

M.1703
Panel of four pictures

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1901
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler H253
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: white laid paper with black mourning edge and watermark
Size: 199 x 152 mm (7 13/16 x 6")
Signature: 'J. McNeill Whistler' on letter
Inscription: draft letter from Whistler

Panel of four pictures

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

The drawing was not exhibited, but did concern the hanging of Whistler's work in Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture, Galeries George Petit, Paris, 1901.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret