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
