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

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M.0781
Seven sketches of heads; v.: Chart

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1908.257
Medium: r.: pen and black ink; v.: crayon
Support: buff wove paper
Size: 5 1/2 x 13 13/16" (140 x 351 mm) uneven
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: 'Whistler/ Venice/ 80' and '21.29' in unknown hands; v.: numbers, possibly in Whistler's hand, and, in unknown hands, a graph, and 'Steal'

Seven sketches of heads; v.: Chart

r.: Seven sketches of heads; v.: Chart date from 1880.

Seven sketches of heads, Freer Gallery of Art
Seven sketches of heads, Freer Gallery of Art

The sheet is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 781). However, the doubts raised on the authorship of the drawing have been confirmed.

Last updated: 10th February 2021 by Margaret