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

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M.1096
Sailing barges on a river

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1886
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W1048
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream wove paper, watermark of knight on horseback and 'ANNO DOMINI/ l45O / Moyen Age / Writing Paper'
Size: 8 7/8 x 14 5/16" (226 x 363 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from Oscar Wilde to Whistler, and list of etchings by Whistler

Sailing barges on a river

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret