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

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M.1186
Doors and window

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler F380
Medium: pen and grey-black ink
Support: off-white laid, blue lined, paper (foolscap)
Size: 12 9/16 x 7 7/8" (319 x 200 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: p. 7, v.: 'Sheridan Ford/ 29 Berners St/ Oxford St/ W.' in an unknown hand

Doors and window

Doors and window was drawn on the last of seven foolscap sheets dated 27 September 1888 containing an agreement between Mary Bacon Ford (fl. 1870-1908) and Sheridan Ford (1867-1922) and Whistler for the writing of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies - an agreement which Whistler was to repudiate. 1 This letter is not related to the drawing.

Doors and window, Glasgow University Library
Doors and window, Glasgow University Library

The Whistlers were on their honeymoon and this sketch could be by James Whistler or by his wife Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896).

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1186). This entry has been corrected.

Notes:

1: GUW #01148. Whistler 1890 [more] .

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret