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M.0487
Designs for the arrangement of china in the dining room at Aubrey House

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1874
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958, 0208.3-36
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper, mourning border, printed monogram 'RA'
Size: 9 x 7" (228 x 178 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v: 'Whistler's designs for arrangement of China in Drawing Room Aubrey House' in an unknown hand

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Provenance

1870s: given to Rachel Agnes Lucas (Mrs W. C. Alexander) (1837-1900), whose initials are on the sheet of paper, or to her husband, William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916);
1916: bequeathed to Rachel Alexander (1875-1964) and Jean Ingelow Alexander (1877-1972);
1958: given to the British Museum.

Exhibitions

No exhibition in Whistler's lifetime is recorded.

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret

M.0487Designs for the arrangement of china in the dining room at Aubrey House

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M.0487
Designs for the arrangement of china in the dining room at Aubrey House