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

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M.0847
r.: Caricature; v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881/1886
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: r.: pen and black ink; v.: pencil
Support: white laid paper
Size: 5 x 2 7/8" (128 x 73 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'SUGGESTION BY WHISTLER FOR HIS PORTRAIT' written by Pickford Waller

r.: Caricature; v.: Anon., Portrait of Whistler

Technique

r.: Caricature, Private Collection
r.: Caricature, Private Collection

The long, sinuous lines of the caricature are very like Whistler's work; the drawing is probably by him, while the drawing on the verso may have been by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) himself.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret