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M.0488
Designs for the dining-room at Aubrey House: (a) chairs and door, plates on wall; (b) vase in arched recess

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1874
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958, 0208.3-36
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: off-white paper, mourning edge, printed monogram 'RA'
Size: 9 x 6 15/16" (229 x 177 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: '15.4' possibly by Whistler, and 'Dining Room, Aubrey House' in an unknown hand

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1870s: given to Rachel Agnes Lucas (Mrs W. C. Alexander) (1837-1900) , whose initials are on the sheet of paper, or to her husband, William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) ;
1916: bequeathed to Rachel Alexander (1875-1964) and Jean Ingelow Alexander (1877-1972) ;
1958: given to the British Museum.

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No exhibition in Whistler's lifetime is recorded.

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret

M.0488Designs for the dining-room at Aubrey House: (a) chairs and door, plates on wall; (b) vase in arched recess

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M.0488
Designs for the dining-room at Aubrey House: (a) chairs and door, plates on wall; (b) vase in arched recess