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

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M.0615
Beaker

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum
Accession Number: 25-32c
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 8 1/2 x 6 7/8" (216 x 174 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

Beaker

Beaker dates from 1876/1878. It is an illustration in a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894). 1 The small butterfly was added in 1893.

Beaker, Glasgow Museums
Beaker, Glasgow Museums

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 615).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 17th March 2021 by Margaret