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

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M.1104
Colour scheme for a lavatory

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886/1887
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB9, pp. 21/22
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 15/16 x 4" (151 x 112-14 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Lavatory ./ Back bedroom / walls. / Skirting board.', and, in unknown hand, '5' and '6'

Colour scheme for a lavatory

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Colour scheme for a lavatory, Glasgow University Library
Colour scheme for a lavatory, Glasgow University Library

The design was intended for a lavatory for Ernest George Brown (1851-1915) . At this date he was living in Dulwich, where his son Oliver was born in 1885, and Helen in 1887. By 1891 he and his family were living in Wandsworth, at 39 Criffel Avenue.

Last updated: 27th February 2021 by Margaret