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

 

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

Description

A panel of picture frames on a wall, Glasgow University Library, Special Collections
A panel of picture frames on a wall, Glasgow University Library, Special Collections

There are seven picture frames, two with subjects barely indicated, possibly a bent figure and a head and shoulders portrait (see Arrangement of paintings at the ISSPG [M.1539]).

Last updated: 23rd April 2021 by Margaret