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

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M.0675
C. A. Howell as 'Ye Owl'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878/1879
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Accession Number: WA.OA.1059
Medium: pen and ink
Support: off-white paper
Size: 2 x 1 3/4" (50 x 44 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: ' "Ye Owl" ' and fragments of a letter

C. A. Howell as 'Ye Owl'

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1957: sold by her to Conaghi's, London art dealers, 27 April 1957;
  • 1957: given by Colnaghi's to the Ashmolean Museum.

It does not appear in the Ashmolean online catalogue (2021).

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 14th February 2021 by Margaret