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

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M.0382
Figures by a railing

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1933.294
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: blue-green laid paper
Size: 3 5/16 x 5 1/16" (85 x 129 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v: 'WSB' stamp (Walter Stanton Brewster)

Figures by a railing

Provenance

  • 1916: possibly bought from Kennedy or Rouillier, art dealers, by Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954) ;
  • 1933: given by W. S. Brewster to the Art Institute of Chicago.

The earlier provenance is unknown. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 382).

Last updated: 27th April 2021 by Margaret