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

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M.1520
Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler P351b
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, mourning edging, partial watermark of Britannia
Size: 6 x 3 3/4" (153 x 98 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from P. M. Philip to Whistler; v.: 'Messrs Boddington & Alexander/ lawyers of American Embassy - used to be Rue Scribe - behind the Opéra -.' in Whistler's hand

Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object

Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object probably dates from 1897. It was drawn on the verso of a letter from Philippa Maude Philip (1865-1915) to Whistler on 1 January 1897. 1

Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object, Glasgow University Library
Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1520).

Notes:

1: [1 January 1897], GUW #13483.

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