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

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M.1608
Head and shoulders of a girl

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler C71
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove paper with partial watermark ‘A PIR […]’
Size: 152 x 99 mm (6 x 3 7/8")
Signature: letter signed ‘J McN W.’
Inscription: r.: draft letter from Whistler to the Caxton Club

Head and shoulders of a girl

Head and shoulders of a girl dates from about 21 July 1900. 1

Head and shoulders of a girl, Glasgow University Library
Head and shoulders of a girl, Glasgow University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1608).

Notes:

1: It is drawn on the verso of a draft letter, written by R. Birnie Philip and signed by Whistler, to the Secretary of the Caxton Club, GUW #00570.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret