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

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M.0674
The Show on fire

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB12 p.62
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: pale grey laid paper
Size: 4 7/16 x 3 3/8" (113 x 86 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: '...H0W...'; v.: 'I present my compliments -'

The Show on fire

The Show on fire dates from about 1878 and was probably sent to Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) who is the 'HOW' of the incomplete inscription.

The Show on fire, Glasgow University Library
The Show on fire, Glasgow University Library

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 674).

Last updated: 27th February 2021 by Margaret