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

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M.0217
The Masque

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1857
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: 'colored' (probably watercolour)
Support: unknown (probably paper)
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

The Masque

Description

Described by Whistler's mother, Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881), as 'the Masque colored', a drawing that was 'not indecent.' 1

Notes:

1: A. M. Whistler to J. Whistler, 30 April-4 May [1857], GUW #06472'

Last updated: 17th February 2021 by Margaret