The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.1319
Cats

Cats

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1891
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler C100
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, partial watermark of a crown and '...n & Gunn /...e Street' and embossed yellow heading '21 CHEYNE WALK,/ CHELSEA'
Size: 3 3/4 x 6 1/8" (95 x 155 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from Whistler to T. S. Lee

Date

Cats was drawn on the verso of the draft of an unrelated letter from Whistler to the sculptor Thomas Stirling Lee (1856-1916), which is dated 12 December 1891. 1

Cats, Glasgow University Library
Cats, Glasgow University Library

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1319).

Images

Cats, Glasgow University Library
Cats, Glasgow University Library

Subject

Description

Cats, Glasgow University Library
Cats, Glasgow University Library

Three studies of a tabby cat lying down and probably cleaning itself.

Sitter

A cat.

Technique

Technique

Cats, Glasgow University Library
Cats, Glasgow University Library

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1319).

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

Websites


Notes:

1: GUW #00599.