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

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

Probably drawn in France, possibly in Tours, when the Whistlers were on honeymoon. The drawing of elaborate doors and pretty windows is comparable to scenes in Whistler's prints of Bourges and Loches such as The Hangman's House, Tours [393].

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret