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

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M.1096
Sailing barges on a river

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W1048
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream wove paper, watermark of knight on horseback and 'ANNO DOMINI/ l45O / Moyen Age / Writing Paper'
Size: 8 7/8 x 14 5/16" (226 x 363 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from Oscar Wilde to Whistler, and list of etchings by Whistler

Sailing barges on a river

Sailing barges on a river is on the verso of a letter from Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) that dates from 20 April 1886. 1 Neither the letter nor list of Venice etchings relate to the drawing.

Sailing barges on a river, Glasgow University Library
Sailing barges on a river, Glasgow University Library

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1096).

Notes:

1: [20 April 1886], #07059.

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