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

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M.1520
Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler P351b
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, mourning edging, partial watermark of Britannia
Size: 6 x 3 3/4" (153 x 98 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from P. M. Philip to Whistler; v.: 'Messrs Boddington & Alexander/ lawyers of American Embassy - used to be Rue Scribe - behind the Opéra -.' in Whistler's hand

Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object

Technique

Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object, Glasgow University Library
Studies of a woman's head and a cylindrical object, Glasgow University Library

This looks like an exercise in shading and cross-hatching. The technique is not like that of Whistler, although it is just possible it was by him, demonstrating techniques to someone else.

Conservation History

The letter was folded and the note and sketches are sideways on to the letter.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret