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

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M.1145
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46117
Medium: pencil
Support: blue-green edged cream wove paper
Size: 3 7/16 x 2 7/16" (87 x 62 mm)
Signature: butterflies on p. 46, pp. 78-79, and inside back cover
Inscription: various, including '1887' on p. 35

Sketchbook

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

The sketchbook was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret