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

Technique

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

Neither the line drawings nor the signature look like Whistler's work. Only the small head at upper right could possibly be by Whistler.

Last updated: 10th February 2021 by Margaret