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

Description

Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol, The Hunterian
Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol, The Hunterian

A design for a parasol made of a circle of water-lily leaf shapes, surmpounted by a water-lily.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret