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

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M.1325
Tall woman with a short man

Artist: Beatrice Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler C58
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, embossed heading '2, UPPER BERKELEY STREET, PORTMAN SQUARE.'
Size: 3 7/8 x 5 7/8" (99 x 150 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Tall woman with a short man

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret