The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol dates from 1881/1882. It was designed for Janey Sevilla Campbell (Lady Archibald Campbell) (ca 1846-d.1923).

Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 849).

Images

Subject

Description

Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol, The Hunterian

A design for a parasol made of a circle of water-lily leaf shapes, surmpounted by a water-lily.

Technique

Technique

Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 849).

History

Provenance

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

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 849) as 'Design for Lady Archibald Campbell's parasol'.

Books on Whistler

• MacDonald, Margaret F., Susan Galassi, Aileen Ribeiro, and Patricia de Montfort, Whistler, Women and Fashion, New Haven and London, 2003, pp. 182-82, pl. 176.

Catalogues 1906-Present

Whistler, Women and Fashion, The Frick Collection, 2003 (see Books on Whistler, above).

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.