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

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M.1287
The Purple Cap

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.111a-c
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 13/16 x 7 1/16" (275 x 180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'No. 35' in unknown hand

The Purple Cap

The Purple Cap probably originally dated from about 1890 but may have been touched up between 1899 and 1902.

The Purple Cap, Freer Gallery of Art
The Purple Cap, Freer Gallery of Art

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1287).

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret