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

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M.1482
Whistler raiding the Chelsea Arts Club

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler P323
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, yellow embossed heading '4, WHITEHALL COURT, / S.W.', partial watermark 'JOYNSON/ FINE QUALI...', f.s.
Size: 7 1/4 x 6" (195 x 152 mm)
Signature: 'the General' on letter
Inscription: 'These gentlemen in the first throes of digestion with the "toad in their belly["]! ha! ha!! - '

Whistler raiding the Chelsea Arts Club

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Whistler raiding the Chelsea Arts Club, Glasgow University Library
Whistler raiding the Chelsea Arts Club, Glasgow University Library

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) . He sometimes signed himself 'the General' when writing to Miss Birnie Philip, whom he addressed as 'Major'.

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