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

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M.1197
Rabbits

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler C270
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, embossed heading of Cadogan's arms, a dragon's head over a ducal coronet, and his motto, 'QUI INVIDET MINOR EST', in a belt framing his initials 'GHC'
Size: 6 15/16 x 5 13/16" (176 x 147 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: letter from G. H. Cadogan to Whistler

Rabbits

Rabbits was drawn in a letter from George Henry Cadogan (1840-1915) to Whistler dated 14 November 1888, apparently unrelated to the bunnies. 1

Rabbits, Glasgow University Library
Rabbits, Glasgow University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1197).

Notes:

1: 14 November [1888], GUW #00769.

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