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

 

M.1192
The Prediction

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 4 3/8 x 6 15/16" (111 x 176 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

The Prediction

Technique

The Prediction, Private Collection
The Prediction, Private Collection

The figures were drawn with long curving lines; this looks more like the work of Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) than Whistler, but the butterfly signature confirms his work.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret