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

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M.0127
Conundrums

Artist: James McNeill Whistler and others
Date: 1853/1856
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: off-white browned paper
Size: (a) 82 x 114 mm (3 1/4 x 4 1/2"); (b) 90 x 88 mm (3 9/16 x 3 1/2"); (c) 85 x 60 mm (3 3/8 x 2 3/8"); (d) 73 x 160 mm (2 7/8 x 6 5/8"); (e) 44 x 77 mm (1 3/4 x 32); (f) 81 x 145 mm (3 3/16 x 5 11/16"); (g) 63 x 142 mm (2 1/2 x 5 9/16"); (h) 45 x 120 mm (1 3/4 x 4 3/42); (i) 132 x 90 mm (5 3/16 x 3 9/162); (j) 132 x 90 mm (5 3/16 x 3 9/16"); (k) 100 x75 mm (3 15/16 x 2 15/162); (l) 135 x 110 mm (5 5/16 x 4 1/4"); (m) 74 x 105 mm (2 7/8 x 4 1/8"); (n) 162 x 101 mm (6 5/16 x 3 15/16"); (o) 72 x 104 mm (2 3/4 x 4"); (p) 99 x 197 mm (3 7/8 x 7 11/16"); (q) 62 x 121 mm (2 7/16 x 4 3/42); (r) 128 x 129 mm (5 x 5 1/16"); (s) 61 x 112 mm (2 5/16 x 4 3/8"); (t) 49 x 112 mm (1 7/8 x 4 3/8"); (u) 72 x 111 mm (2 3/4 x 4 5/16"); (v) 112 x 86 mm (4 3/8 x 3 5/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: various, see SUBJECT/ Description

Conundrums
Conundrums: (a) 'A Shrine', Private Collection
Conundrums: (a) 'A Shrine', Private Collection
Conundrums: (b) Dunce/table, Private Collection
Conundrums: (b) Dunce/table, Private Collection
Conundrums: (c) 'The fate of traitors', Private Collection
Conundrums: (c) 'The fate of traitors', Private Collection
Conundrums: (d) 'Not observing', Private Collection
Conundrums: (d) 'Not observing', Private Collection
Conundrums: (e) 'AB' 'A [crossed out], 'P/100', Private Collection
Conundrums: (e) 'AB' 'A [crossed out], 'P/100', Private Collection
Conundrums: (f)' 'Desirable for pedestrians', Private Collection
Conundrums: (f)' 'Desirable for pedestrians', Private Collection
Conundrums: (g) Life is a [shadow] / how it [flies], Private Collection
Conundrums: (g) Life is a [shadow] / how it [flies], Private Collection
Conundrums: (h) 'X EE-tt/marriage/tt ee.', Private Collection
Conundrums: (h) 'X EE-tt/marriage/tt ee.', Private Collection
Conundrums: (i) 'B-B-B-B/C-C-C-C/E in Ds', no image available
Conundrums: (i) 'B-B-B-B/C-C-C-C/E in Ds', no image available
Conundrums: (j)'D/An American citizen', Private Collection
Conundrums: (j)'D/An American citizen', Private Collection
Conundrums: (k) Foot Locker, Private Collection
Conundrums: (k) Foot Locker, Private Collection
Conundrums: (l) 'Ambitious', Private Collection
Conundrums: (l) 'Ambitious', Private Collection
Conundrums: (m) 'A Poet', Private Collection
Conundrums: (m) 'A Poet', Private Collection
Conundrums: (n) 'A Poet', Private Collection
Conundrums: (n) 'A Poet', Private Collection
Conundrums: (o) 'Good Advice', Private Collection
Conundrums: (o) 'Good Advice', Private Collection
Conundrums: (p) 'an old dancing tune', Private Collection
Conundrums: (p) 'an old dancing tune', Private Collection
Conundrums: (q)' Mercantile news', Private Collection
Conundrums: (q)' Mercantile news', Private Collection
Conundrums: (r) 'Dedicated to Bolingbroke', Private Collection
Conundrums: (r) 'Dedicated to Bolingbroke', Private Collection
Conundrums: (s) 'J/T, liers/Sans', Private Collection
Conundrums: (s) 'J/T, liers/Sans', Private Collection
Conundrums: (t) 'Coin 'UNITED STATES of AMERICA / ONE CENT / 1856 ... his mission', Private Collection
Conundrums: (t) 'Coin 'UNITED STATES of AMERICA / ONE CENT / 1856 ... his mission', Private Collection
Conundrums: (u) Table/Inn/'G'// woman's head/ 'BAZ', Private Collection
Conundrums: (u) Table/Inn/'G'// woman's head/ 'BAZ', Private Collection
Conundrums: (v) 'To increase a scholar's task', Private Collection
Conundrums: (v) 'To increase a scholar's task', Private Collection

Last updated: 8th April 2019 by Margaret