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

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M.0878
Man and woman in period costume

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: Special Collections, Whistler F87
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, watermark 'Monkton's / Antique Cream Laid / Kent', embossed heading 'THE FINE ART SOCIETY, / 148, NEW BOND ST. W.', f.s.
Size: 7 7/8 x 9 15/16" (200 x 252 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from M. B. Huish to Whistler

Man and woman in period costume

Man and woman in period costume dates from 15 January 1883. It was drawn on a letter from Marcus Bourne Huish (1843-1904) that is so dated. 1 The letter is unrelated to the drawing on the verso.

Man and woman in period costume, Glasgow University Library
Man and woman in period costume, Glasgow University Library

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 878).

Notes:

1: GUW #01155.

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