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

Composition

Feather and flower designs, The Hunterian
Feather and flower designs, The Hunterian
Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art
Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art

The feather designs hark back to designs for Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room [YMSM 178] of 1876-1877.

Technique

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

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 702).

Conservation History

The box still contains several black lithographic chalks for use on grained transfer paper. On the back of the box are several designs by Whistler of feathers and flowers. The plain paper that seals the box had to be cut before it was opened, and the drawings have been done on either side of the slit.

Last updated: 20th March 2021 by Margaret