Composition

Crowned lion, Glasgow University Library

The drawing is rather stiff and does not look much like Whistler's own work, but it may have been traced and used as the basis for Design for a lion for the RBA [M.1136]. The legs are slightly different from those in Crowned lion [M.1134].

Technique

Details were picked out in pink wash.

Conservation History

The paper has a slight vertical grain and is very browned, with some paper loss at the left corners.