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

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M.1534
Designs for monograms for William and Magda Heinemann

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896, 1899/1900
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: unknown
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Designs for monograms for William and Magda Heinemann

Description

Monogram for William Heinemann, Glasgow University Library
Monogram for William Heinemann, Glasgow University Library

This is the monogram 'WM' for William Heinemann (1863-1920) as embossed on his letters from 4 Whitehall Court, S.W., for instance in a letter from Whistler to R. Birnie Philip on 14 January 1897, and from Heinemann to Whistler on 29 June 1898. 1

Monogram for Magda Heinemann, Glasgow University Library
Monogram for Magda Heinemann, Glasgow University Library

The monogram for Magda Heinemann consisted of 'MH' in an oval.

Notes:

1: [14 January 1897], GUW #04697; 29 [June] 1898, GUW #02090.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret