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

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M.1153
r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat; v.: Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46122
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper, inlaid in album, f.4
Size: 5" x 3 3/16" (127 x 81 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat; v.: Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand

r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat; v.: Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand dates from about 1887. The sheet is mounted in an album with other drawings acquired by Whistler's son Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) (see Ship [M.1146]).

r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat, The Hunterian
r.: Head of a lady and studies of a cat, The Hunterian

The drawings on the verso may be by Hanson.

v.: Anon., Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand, The Hunterian
v.: Anon., Two studies of a sleeping man, by an unknown hand, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1153).

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret