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

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M.0457.
Panels at South Kensington Museum

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler S163
Medium: chalk
Support: cream wove paper, printed heading of 'South Kensington Museum, London, W.', numbered '2813'
Size: 12 13/16 x 15 11/16" (325 x 398 mm)
Signature: letter signed 'Henry Cole'
Inscription: letter from Henry Cole to Whistler

Panels at South Kensington Museum

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Panels at South Kensington Museum, Glasgow University Library
Panels at South Kensington Museum, Glasgow University Library

This shows the arched panels in South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum, London) in which the portraits of artists and sculptors were to be placed. Whistler's projected panels were never completed.

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret