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

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M.1362
Head of a woman

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler P670
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, printed heading 'The Grafton Galls Ltd, 8, Grafton St', watermark 'MARSTON MILL/ Frank Smythson/ 38 New Bond Street.W./ London', f.s.
Size: 7 15/16 x 9 15/16" (202 x 253 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from F. G. Prange to Whistler

Head of a woman

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 has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret