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

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M.1286
Study: Woman and child

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893/1894
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 x 10 1/2" (177 x 266 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: unknown

Study: Woman and child

Technique

Whistler wrote to the owner to Dugald M'Corkindale (d. 1903) on 24 May 1894: 'I kept it back - and have now made it much more beautiful - It is I believe more complete.' 1

Notes:

1: GUW #09228.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret