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

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YMSM 375
Carlyle's Sweetstuff Shop

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1889
Collection: Terra Foundation for American Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.147
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 130 x 214 mm (5 1/8 x 8 7/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Carlyle's Sweetstuff Shop

Carlyle's Sweetstuff Shop dates from between 1888 and 1889. 1

Carlyle's Sweetstuff Shop, Terra Foundation for American Art
Carlyle's Sweetstuff Shop, Terra Foundation for American Art

It is dated from the technique, and obviously dates from before its first exhibition by Whistler in his Retrospective Exhibition, College for Working Men and Women, London, 1889.

Notes:

1: Dated 'about 1885/89' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 375).

Last updated: 25th November 2020 by Margaret