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

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M.1544
Old man sleeping

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46275
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper, pale blue squares
Size: 3 3/16 x 2 3/16" (81 x 55 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'The black bewilderment/ The Baronets Indiscretion/ The Experts' and '[Comprenant, véhément] et plaidant/ par Mr. Beurdeley, avocat,/ assisté de M. Bazelle. avoué... le 10. Jun. 1898.' (fragment)

Old man sleeping

Old man sleeping is drawn on a sheet from a notebook bearing a note dated 10 June 1898, relating the law suit brought against Whistler by William Eden (1849-1915), which is unrelated to the sketch.

Old man sleeping, The Hunterian
Old man sleeping, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1544).

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret