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

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M.1360
A house with a porch, and a lady in a long dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W306
Medium: pencil
Support: cream card, embossed heading 'GG' on a palette, and printed, VARNISHING DAY, / TUESDAY, 9TH MAY. / THE DIRECTORS OF THE GRAFTON GALLERIES / (8, GRAFTON STREET, BOND STREET, W.) / REQUEST THE HONOUR OF THE COMPANY OF … / AT THE PRIVATE VIEW OF THE THIRD EXHIBITION, OF THE SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS, ON FRIDAY 12TH MAY, 1893. 11 TO 6 O'CLOCK.'
Size: 4 13/16 x 6" (122 x 152 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Mr J. MacNeill Whistler's Friends -' added in an unknown hand on a printed invitation card from the Grafton Galleries to Whistler, forwarded to E. B. Philip

A house with a porch, and a lady in a long dress

A house with a porch, and a lady in a long dress was drawn on the verso of a card inviting Whistler to the private view of the Society of Portrait Painters on 12 May 1893, which was forwarded to Ethel Whibley (1861-1920) (then Ethel Birnie Philip). 1 The card is unrelated to the sketches.

A house with a porch, and a lady in a long dress, Glasgow University Library
A house with a porch, and a lady in a long dress, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1360).

Notes:

1: GUW #06312.

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