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

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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

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 20th March 2021 by Margaret