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

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M.1130
r.: Woman's head, house, door; v.: Design for Address to Queen Victoria

Artist: James McNeill Whistler and possibly Beatrice Whistler
Date: 1887/1888
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 2006685426
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: dark cream wove paper
Size: 7 x 4 7/16" (178 x 113 mm)
Signature: v.: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'To'

r.: Woman's head, house, door; v.: Design for Address to Queen Victoria

r.: Woman's head, house, door; v.: Design for Address to Queen Victoria probably date from 1887, but could date from the following year.

v: Design for Address to Queen Victoria, Library of Congress
v: Design for Address to Queen Victoria, Library of Congress

The Address to Queen Victoria, of which this is a sketch, was sent in July 1887. 1

r.: Woman's head, house, door, Library of Congress
r.: Woman's head, house, door, Library of Congress

However, the drawings on the recto suggest a slightly later date, possibly in the autumn of 1888.

They are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1130) dated '1887'.

Notes:

1: See Society of British Artists to Queen Victoria, [6 July 1887], GUW #05969, and the receipt of the Address sent by H. Matthews on 20 July 1887, GUW #01835.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret