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

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Framed press-cuttings for exhibition at the Fine Art Society

Composition


                    Framed press-cuttings for an exhibition at the Fine Art Society, Glasgow University Library
Framed press-cuttings for an exhibition at the Fine Art Society, Glasgow University Library

A design for framing two press-cuttings, signed with a butterfly. The relevant section of the letter reads:

'Why don't you take the cutting from the Spectator about your show, my dear Huish, and my last Masterpiece in this weeks World, and frame them with large margins neatly on white/mount, as above, and hang them in the Holman Hunt Gallery - or in the front room.' 1

Technique

It was drawn with the same pen as the letter.

Conservation History

The sheet has been folded once horizontally and thrice vertically.

Notes:

1: GUW #02986.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret