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

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret