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

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M.1640
The Fellow Traveller (Portrait of Ronald Philip)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900/1901
Collection: The University of Reading Art Collection
Accession Number: UAC/10519
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 158 x 110 mm (6 1/4 x 4 5/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'The Fellow Traveller (Portrait of Ronald Philip)' in an unknown hand

The Fellow Traveller (Portrait of Ronald Philip)

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: sold by Miss R. Birnie Philip to Colnaghi's, London art dealers, 25 June 1955;
  • 1956: bought on 9 May 1956 by Professor James Anthony Betts (1897-1980) for the University of Reading.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret