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

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M.1500
Mrs Willis

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, mourning edge on first side, partial watermark of crown and 'Royal Family', f.s.
Size: 7 5/8 x 6" (194 x 152 mm)
Signature: 'the general' on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to R. Birnie Philip

Mrs Willis

Mrs Willis was drawn on a letter from Whistler (who signed himself 'the general', to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) postmarked 13 January 1897. 1

Mrs Willis, Glasgow University Library
Mrs Willis, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1500).

Notes:

1: [13 January 1897], GUW #04696.

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