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

 

M.0849
Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881/1882
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46086
Medium: pencil and watercolour
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 11 9/16 x 9 1/8" (293 x 232 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: 'I will send you the size in a drawing / but you ought to carve it from a natural/ flower: I suppose it will be carved in box / wood [or] very strong wood? The wood I should / wish to / be painted / in the natural / colors of the flower / [by Mr.] Whistler // room enough/ for the hand to grasp / between the flowers // head wth hole / for screw. / Smaller bud / on left side of stick to/ recline on the parasol.' possibly written by Lady A. Campbell

Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol

Provenance

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

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret