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

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret