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

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M.0702
Feather and flower designs

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 54150
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white paper laid down on verso of a cardboard box, printed heading on recto 'Gilby and Herrmann's/ CHALK/ for Grained Transfer Paper/ 9 & 11 Garrick St, London/ W.C.'
Size: paper, 1 3/4 x 2 3/8" (44 x 61 mm); box 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 3/4" (44 x 70 x 19 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Feather and flower designs

Feather and flower designs probably dates from 1878, as does the box of lithographic crayons on which the drawing appears. The art dealer Louis Herrman (b. 1810 or 1811) was a partner in the firm of artists' suppliers, Gilby and Herrmann. Whistler was encouraged to make lithographs in 1878 and almost certainly acquired the box at that time.

Feather and flower designs, The Hunterian
Feather and flower designs, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 702).

Last updated: 20th March 2021 by Margaret