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

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M.0594
Cylindrical Jar

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1907.176
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 7/8 x 6 11/16" (225 x 170 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '3x' in unknown hand

Cylindrical Jar

Cylindrical Jar dates from 1876/1878. It is an illustration for a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894) published in 1878. 1

Cylindrical Jar, Freer Gallery of Art
Cylindrical Jar, Freer Gallery of Art

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 594).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret