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

 

M.1131
Draft of Address to Queen Victoria

Artist: James McNeill Whistler and another
Date: 1887
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler V64
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 9 5/8 x 7 1/2" (244 x 191 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'To the Queen's most excellent Majesty / The humble and dutiful Memorial of the undersigned in behalf of a Society of Your Majesty's faithful Subjects being Artists and Patrons and Well wishers of the Arts and Artist's [sic] of your Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain'

Draft of Address to Queen Victoria

Description

Draft of Address to Queen Victoria, Glasgow University Library, p. 1
Draft of Address to Queen Victoria, Glasgow University Library, p. 1

There are full illuminations only on the first page, which shows two lions supporting a shield or garland, with several decorative chequered areas.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret