Palette drawn in a letter from Whistler in Paris to his wife, Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896), in London on 27 January 1892. 1

Palette, Glasgow University Library

Whistler was starting to paint Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac [YMSM 398] in the studio of Antonio de la Gandara (1862-1917). The table palette to be constructed by Frederick Henry Grau (1859-1892) was a gift to thank Gandara for the loan of his studio and for posing on occasion.

The drawing was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1323).