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

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Ronald Philip

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900/1901
Collection: The Higgins Museum and Art Gallery, Bedford
Accession Number: P.153
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper with incomplete crown watermark
Size: 152 x 100 mm (6 1/8 x 3 15/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: in Harold Wright’s hand, 'Ronald Philip (Mrs Whistler's / brother)/ by/ Whistler/ (ex Collection of Miss R.Birnie Philip)/ the artist's sister-in-law & executrix' and 'A22358'

Ronald Philip

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister‑in‑law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1957: sold to P.& D. Colnaghi Ltd, London art dealers, on 22 October 1957;
  • 1958: bought from Colnaghi's by The Higgins Gallery and Museum, January 1958.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret