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

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M.1543
Study for a portrait of Miss Marion Peck

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler I53
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove lined paper, partial watermark 'HIERATICA/ ...Parchment/ [T, S & Co]', f.s.
Size: 8 13/16 x 4 15/16" (224 x 126 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from A. Ludovici to Whistler

Study for a portrait of Miss Marion Peck

Composition

Study for a portrait of Miss Marion Peck, Gasgow University Library
Study for a portrait of Miss Marion Peck, Gasgow University Library

This is a study of, or for, the Portrait of Miss Marion Peck [YMSM 439].

Technique

It is a tentative sketch with multiple outlines, drawn with a slightly soft pencil.

Conservation History

Ludovici's letter is on the first three sides of a thin sheet of paper, the drawing being on the fourth. It was folded three times and the folds are slightly discoloured, and torn at bottom centre of each side.

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