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

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M.1450
Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB 3/44
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream card
Size: 3 11/16 x 4 1/2" (89 x 114 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to Marcus B. Huish

Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon'

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Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon', Glasgow University Library
Sketches of 'The Forge: Passage du Dragon' and 'The Smith: Passage du Dragon', Glasgow University Library

The setting of the lithographs was the Passage du Dragon in Paris, but Whistler wrote this letter in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.

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