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

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M.0624
Square Canister with long neck

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1907.175
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream wove paper, partial watermark 'JWHA[TMAN] / 18 ...'
Size: 8 13/16 x 6 3/4-6 7/8" (224 x 172-175 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v: '195/ 232 x 123' and dealers' marks in unknown hands

Square Canister with long neck

Square Canister with long neck dates from 1876/1878.

It is an illustration for a catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894), published in 1878. 1

Square Canister with long neck, Freer Gallery of Art
Square Canister with long neck, Freer Gallery of Art

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 624).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 17th March 2021 by Margaret