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

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M.1165
House with a tower

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler R206-09
Medium: pencil
Support: cream blue-lined laid paper, watermark of a shield bearing three flowers, two above and one below an inverted 'V'
Size: 12 7/8 x 8" (327 x 203 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: draft of letter from Whistler to the Royal Society of British Artusts, sheet numbered '3'

House with a tower

Conservation History

The draft was written by Charles Hanson on three sheets of paper, the final foolscap sheet, numbered '3', containing the faint sketch. The sheet has been repeatedly folded and is very dirty, making it difficult to make out the sketch.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret