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

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M.1132
(a) Monogram 'VR'; (b) Address to Queen Victoria; (c) Royal Coat of Arms

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: ink and watercolour
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: p. 2, butterfly; p. 10, 'James. McNeill. Whistler'
Inscription: p. 1, 'VR /1887'; p. 2, '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 Artists of Your Majesty's Kingdom.'; pp. 3-9, text; p. 10, Royal coat of arms with motto 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE'

(a) Monogram 'VR'; (b) Address to Queen Victoria; (c) Royal Coat of Arms

(a) Monogram 'VR'; (b) Address to Queen Victoria; (c) Royal Coat of Arms dates from 1887. The complete Address, designed and partly illustrated by Whistler, was sent on behalf of the Society of British Artists to Queen Victoria (1819-1901) about 22/23 July 1887. 1

Address to Queen Victoria, photo, Glasgow University Library
Address to Queen Victoria, photo, Glasgow University Library

The Address was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1132).

Notes:

1: Whistler to Queen Victoria, [22/23 July 1887], GUW #13568. See also the Address of the 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.

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