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

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M.1536
Designs for a monogram for Jonathan Sturges

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Accession Number: Gen MSS [Misc.], CO 140, Box WH, Whistler Folder, subfolder 1-2
Medium: pencil
Support: tissue paper
Size: 7/8-2 5/8 x 1 15/16-5 3/8" (20-67 x 49-137 mm, irregular)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Designs for a monogram for Jonathan Sturges

A sheet of Designs for a monogram for Jonathan Sturges could date from 20 November 1895, when Whistler wrote from Lyme Regis to Jonathan Sturges (1864-1911), 'Where is your letter seal Jonathan?' 1 However a more likely date is 1898, when the designs may have been enclosed in a letter from Whistler in Paris to Sturges on 18 October 1898. 2

Designs for a monogram for Jonathan Sturges, Princeton University Library
Designs for a monogram for Jonathan Sturges, Princeton University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1536).

Notes:

1: [20 November 1895], GUW #09897.

2: [18 October 1898], GUW #09913.

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