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

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Finger

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler P34
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 19 5/8 x 8 1/8" (320 x 209-212 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from Whistler to H. J. C. Cust, signed with butterfly

Finger

Technique

Finger, Glasgow University Library
Finger, Glasgow University Library

The letter is in pen, the sketches in pencil.

Conservation History

The paper is grubby and ink-stained, the right side, irregular.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret