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

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M.1506
Jubilee decorations

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler X44
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 8 x 4 15/16" (203 x 126 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: drawn in a letter sent from Whistler to R. B. Philip

Jubilee decorations

Jubilee decorations was drawn in a letter from Whistler in London to Miss R. B. Philip, in June 1897, at the time of the Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria (1819-1901). 1

Jubilee decorations, Glasgow University Library
Jubilee decorations, Glasgow University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1507).

Notes:

1: [14/22 June 1897], GUW #07470. This sheet may have accompanied his letter to R. B. Philip on 14 June 1897, GUW #04707.

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