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

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M.1710
A panel of picture frames on a wall

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1902
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler F311
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, watermark 'EDEN FISHER & Co/ LONDON' and printed heading 'THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD/ 148, NEW BOND STREET, W.', f.s.
Size: 202 x 252 mm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

A panel of picture frames on a wall

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler’s lifetime.

Last updated: 23rd April 2021 by Margaret