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

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M.1297
Mother and child reclining on a couch

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1896
Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Accession Number: P.7-1943
Medium: watercolour
Support: buff japan paper laid down on card
Size: 7 1/8 x 10 9/16" (181 x 268 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Mother and child reclining on a couch

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1943: sold by Miss Birnie Philip to Colnaghi's, London, 13 May 1943;
  • 1943: bought by the National Art Collections Fund and given to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret