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

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M.1299
Two Pettigrew sisters asleep with a baby

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1895
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46159
Medium: gouache and charcoal
Support: buff japanese tissue paper, laid down on double sided card with stamp of 'E. MARY & FILS / 26, RUE CHAPTAL, PARIS', on verso
Size: 7 1/16 x 10 9/16" (180 x 268 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'Girls & baby on couch (Pettigrew girls)' in an unknown hand

Two Pettigrew sisters asleep with a baby

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret