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

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M.1356
Study for three decorative panels representing 'The Landing of Columbus', 'Queen Isabel la Catôlica of Spain', and 'Queen Elizabeth of England' for Boston Public Library, Massachusetts

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W1329
Medium: pencil
Support: ivory wove paper with a printed letter from 'The Christian Leader', 74 Bath Street, Glasgow
Size: 10 11/16 x 7 15/16" (260 x 202 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: printed letter from 'The Christian Leader'

Study for three decorative panels representing 'The Landing of Columbus', 'Queen Isabel la Catôlica of Spain', and 'Queen Elizabeth of England' for Boston Public Library, Massachusetts

Composition

Study for three decorative panels representing 'The Landing of Columbus', 'Queen Isabel la Catôlica of Spain', & 'Queen Elizabeth of England' for Boston Public Library, Glasgow University Library
Study for three decorative panels representing 'The Landing of Columbus', 'Queen Isabel la Catôlica of Spain', & 'Queen Elizabeth of England' for Boston Public Library, Glasgow University Library
Study for Three Decorative Panels Representing 'The Landing of Columbus', 'Queen Isabel la Católica of Spain' and 'Queen Elizabeth of England', Boston Public Library
Study for Three Decorative Panels Representing 'The Landing of Columbus', 'Queen Isabel la Católica of Spain' and 'Queen Elizabeth of England', Boston Public Library

This was a preliminary design for Study for Three Decorative Panels Representing 'The Landing of Columbus', 'Queen Isabel la Católica of Spain' and 'Queen Elizabeth of England' [YMSM 396]. It shows roughly the same composition as the oil study. There are three drawings of the panel, one of the panel with figures of the two queens, and one of the complete design, all very rough. The final decorative panel in Bates Hall, Boston Public Library, was never painted.

Conservation History

The drawings are sideways on to the letter. The sheet was folded in half horizontally, and twice more, vertically, for postage, and the folds are grubby.

Last updated: 23rd April 2021 by Margaret