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

Composition

Designs for a locket for Ethel Whibley, The Hunterian
Designs for a locket for Ethel Whibley, The Hunterian

Three alternative designs for a locket for Ethel Whibley (1861-1920), née Birnie Philip.

Technique

The drawings could be by Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896), who was Ethel's elder sister, and made designs for jewellery. It is her writing which is on the verso, but this is inconclusive.

Conservation History

A browned and irregular scrap of paper.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret