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

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M.0098
Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46006
Medium: pencil, pen, brown and black ink, grey/black wash, blue and pink watercolour
Support: pale blue wove paper (224 sides) in half-leather-bound volume
Size: boards 9 5/8 x 7 7/8"; paper 9 3/8 x 7 13/16" (boards 245 x 200; paper 238 x 199 mm)
Signature: 'J A Whistler' and 'James A Whistler', repeated, on p. 59
Inscription: various

Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook

Technique

'Heads and hats', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 49, The Hunterian
'Heads and hats', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 49, The Hunterian
'Figure studies', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 59, The Hunterian
'Figure studies', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 59, The Hunterian
'Soldier', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 223, The Hunterian
'Soldier', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 223, The Hunterian

The sketches are in various media (pencil, pen and ink, wash and watercolour) and involve several of Whistler's fellow cadets including Ferdinand Charles Hutter (1831-1885) and Archibald Gracie jr (1832-1864). It is difficult to distinguish the work of individuals, although it is assumed that the more capable drawings, such as the 'Heads and hats' and 'Soldier' reproduced above, are by Whistler, but that the 'Figure studies', despite the fact that Whistler's name appears on that page, are not.

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