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

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M.0681
Whistler sitting under an umbrella

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler G18
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: white laid paper
Size: 4 5/16 x 6 7/8" (109 x 174 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Wont I tho' just!'

Whistler sitting under an umbrella

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 20th March 2021 by Margaret