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

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M.1580
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46278
Medium: pencil, pen and ink
Support: beige wove paper in canvas-bound sketchbook, off-white card inside covers, 60 pages
Size: 150 x 111 mm (5 7/8 x 4 3/8")
Signature: cover signed with butterfly with chequered wings
Inscription: various

Sketchbook

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret