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

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M.1450
Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB 3/44
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream card
Size: 3 11/16 x 4 1/2" (89 x 114 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to Marcus B. Huish

Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon'

Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon' were drawn in a letter from Whistler to Marcus Bourne Huish (1843-1904) of the Fine Art Society, 28 November l895. 1

Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon', Glasgow University Library
Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon', Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1450).

Notes:

1: [28 November 1895], GUW #02982.

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