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

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Heads in profile; (b) Candle and bottle

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1845/1847
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: Special Collections, Whistler 161
Medium: pen, brown ink and pencil
Support: off-white wove paper, in book: Ivanov, Ardalion Vasil'evich, 'Russkaya Grammatika', St Petersburg 1845
Size: boards 8 1/4 x 5 3/8"; paper 8 1/8 x 5 1/4" (boards 210 x 136; paper 206 x 136 mm)
Signature: 'J. A.Whistler'
Inscription: 'Whistler I / Bxacnuyrs I'
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Heads in profile; (b) Candle and bottle

Provenance

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

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 12th December 2018 by Margaret