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

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M.1457
Mrs Birnie Philip and a daughter

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46244
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: tan paper laid down on card
Size: 150 x 106 mm (5 7/8 x 4 3/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Mrs Birnie Philip and a daughter

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, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret