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

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M.0062
r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit; v.: Bull's head

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1850
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.36
Medium: r: pencil, pen, brown ink and watercolour; v: pencil, pen and brown ink
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 3 1/4" x 3 5/8" (83 x 92 mm)
Signature: 'JW' and 'J Whist' [incomplete]
Inscription: v: 'July 9', mathematical calculations, 'July / 50-16-34' by Whistler; and in an unknown hand, 'The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit'

r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit; v.: Bull's head

r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit; v.: Bull's head dates from 1850, and was given by Whistler to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) .

r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: The Margrave, the Princess, and the Hermit, Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 62).

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret