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

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Rose and Pink - the Mother's sleep

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Although probably dating from a few years earlier, it was touched up and signed by Whistler before being sent to the owner in December 1896: 'I have seen to its completeness - and put the Butterfly in the right place!' wrote the artist. 1

Notes:

1: Whistler to J. J. Cowan, 16 December 1896, GUW #00720.

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