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
Monogram 'VR', photo, Glasgow University Library
Monogram 'VR', photo, Glasgow University Library
Royal Coat of Arms,Glasgow University Library
Royal Coat of Arms,Glasgow University Library
Address to Queen Victoria, photo, Glasgow University Library
Address to Queen Victoria, photo, Glasgow University Library

The Album containing the Address can not be located in the Royal Collections. Photographs of it are in Glasgow University Library (MS Whistler PH 10) and in the Library of Congress.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret