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

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M.1167
Design for a frame

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler G88
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, embossed heading 'Beefsteak Club,/ King William Street,/ Strand, W.C.', watermark of armoured head over scroll with 's&n'
Size: 7 1/2 x 7 7/8" (190-194 x 200 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: draft of a letter from Whistler to the Editor of 'The Globe'

Design for a frame

Design for a frame was drawn on the draft of a letter from Whistler to the Editor of The Globe, dating from on or after 29 November 1887. 1 It refers to a letter from Marion Henry Alexander Spielmann (1858-1948) published in The Globe on 29 November, to which Whistler responded that the etchings on exhibition at the RBA had not been previously exhibited.

Design for a frame, Glasgow University Library
Design for a frame, Glasgow University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1167).

Notes:

1: Draft letter, [30 November 1887], GUW #01722.

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