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

 

M.0676
The Owl in the clouds

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB11 p.49
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 4 5/16 x 6 15/16" (110 x 176 mm)
Signature: butterfly (on letter)
Inscription: '24. May. 1878' by C. A. Howell

The Owl in the clouds

The Owl in the clouds dates, according to Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) from 26 May 1878.

The Owl in the clouds, Glasgow University Library
The Owl in the clouds, Glasgow University Library

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 676).

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret