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

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M.0323
Sketch of 'Symphony in White No. 3'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1865
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Accession Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 1/33/1
Medium: pen and dark ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 8 1/8 x 10 9/16" (207 x 269 mm)
Signature: 'Whistler.' [on letter]
Inscription: letter including 'fond gris très fin', 'canapé blanc.', 'bleu clair tres fin', 'Jo en robe de toile très blanc ...'

Sketch of 'Symphony in White No. 3'

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 323) as "Sketch of 'Symphony in White No. 3' ".

Websites

  • The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow. GUW #11477.

Last updated: 17th February 2021 by Margaret