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

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M.0417
A nude seated in right profile

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46043
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card with stamp of W. Holland
Size: 12 x 5 3/4" (305 x 146 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

A nude seated in right profile

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1935: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift to the University of Glasgow, this drawing cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret