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

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M.0871
Iris

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882
Collection: Humanities Research Centre, Austin, TX
Accession Number: 65.356
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: white laid paper with mourning edging, watermark 'ALLEN & SONS [?] SUPER FINE', f.s.
Size: 6 15/16 x 4 5/16" (176 x 110 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'Original drawing by J. McNeill Whistler / signed', in unknown hand; v.: 'Upper Grove / l4 March / 82' and coded notes, in unknown hands

Iris

Iris is dated 14 March 1882, and was acquired by Thomas Fothergill McNay (1836-1907) and his wife.

Iris, Humanities Research Centre, Austin
Iris, Humanities Research Centre, Austin

Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 871).

Last updated: 19th February 2021 by Margaret