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

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M.1341
Cupid letting a bird out of a cage

Artist: James McNeill Whistler or Beatrice Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46170
Medium: pencil
Support: pale beige laid paper
Size: 7 1/16 x 5 11/16-5 7/8 (180 x 144-150 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Recreations Postales' in hand of S. Mallarmé

Cupid letting a bird out of a cage

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: gGiven by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret