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

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M.1446
Design for a sign for 'Mr Whistler's Lithographs'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB 3/38
Medium: pen, black ink and pencil
Support: cream card
Size: 3 7/16 x 4 1/2" (88 x 115 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: letter from Whistler to M. B. Huish

Design for a sign for 'Mr Whistler's Lithographs'

Design for a sign for 'Mr Whistler's Lithographs' was drawn in a letter from Whistler in Lyme Regis to Marcus Bourne Huish (1843-1904) of the Fine Art Society in London, 17 November 1895. 1

Design for a sign for 'Mr Whistler's Lithographs', Glasgow University Library
Design for a sign for 'Mr Whistler's Lithographs', Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1446).

Notes:

1: [17 November 1895], GUW #02975.

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