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

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M.0733
The Rialto

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46081
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark of two intertwined eagles
Size: 15 1/8 x 13 3/16" (384 x 335 mm), drawing on area 300 x 205 mm (11 13/16 x 8 1/16")
Signature: none
Inscription: 'The Rialto. (Pencil drawing on cover of the copper plate.)' in Harold Wright's hand
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The Rialto

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret