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

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M.1347
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Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream wove paper with partial watermark, probably of a crown
Size: 3 x 2 7/16" (77 x 61 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Family

Technique

Family, Private Collection
Family, Private Collection

Whistler sketched a frame round the subject, and signed it with a butterfly, which suggests he thought of it as a finished work. The vertical shading cuts through this outline.

Conservation History

This sheet may have been cut from a sketchbook. The paper is a dark creamy beige, slightly darkened within the mount, and tipped down round the edges.

Last updated: 28th February 2021 by Margaret