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

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Drawings in a French Grammar

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1843/1845
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: Special Collections, Whistler 164
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: off-white wove paper, in book, M. Noel and M. Chapsal, 'Abrégé de la Grammair Francaise', St Petersburg, 1840
Size: paper 7 3/16 x 4 1/4", boards 7 5/16 x 4 3/8" (boards 186 x 112 mm)
Signature: 'J. A.W.'
Inscription: 'p. 30'
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Drawings in a French Grammar

Technique

Drawings in a French Grammar, Glasgow University Library
Drawings in a French Grammar, Glasgow University Library

It was drawn with two pen nibs, a narrow one being used for the writing and sume of the curly hair, and a broad one for the profile.

Last updated: 8th February 2019 by Margaret