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

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M.1145
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46117
Medium: pencil
Support: blue-green edged cream wove paper
Size: 3 7/16 x 2 7/16" (87 x 62 mm)
Signature: butterflies on p. 46, pp. 78-79, and inside back cover
Inscription: various, including '1887' on p. 35

Sketchbook

Composition

Designs for an Album for Queen Victoria, Sketchbook, p. 35, The Hunterian
Designs for an Album for Queen Victoria, Sketchbook, p. 35, The Hunterian
Designs for an Album for Queen Victoria, Sketchbook, p. 37, The Hunterian
Designs for an Album for Queen Victoria, Sketchbook, p. 37, The Hunterian
Monogram 'VR' on Naval Review Album , The Hunterian
Monogram 'VR' on Naval Review Album , The Hunterian

The sketchbook includes designs for an album containing Whistler's etchings of the Jubilee Naval Review, as sent to Queen Victoria (1819-1901). There are two known extant copies of this album, one in the Hunterian and one in the Art Institute of Chicago.

Conservation History

Blue-green edge on Sketchbook, The Hunterian
Blue-green edge on Sketchbook, The Hunterian
Scrolls and plan, Sketchbook, The Hunterian, inside front cover
Scrolls and plan, Sketchbook, The Hunterian, inside front cover

The sketchbook contains 84 sides of cream wove paper with blue-green edge. The paper is thin, and has a fine, neatly chequered texture. It is slightly browned and some sheets are abraded or folded.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret