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

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M.1409
Designs for a locket for Ethel Whibley

Artist: Beatrice Whistler or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46200
Medium: pencil
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 4-4 3/8 x 2 13/16-3 3/4" (102-112 x 71-95 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'EPW', and by Beatrice Whistler, '8 Half Moon Street'

Designs for a locket for Ethel Whibley

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret