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

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M.1347
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Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream wove paper with partial watermark, probably of a crown
Size: 3 x 2 7/16" (77 x 61 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Family

Site

Family, Private Collection
Family, Private Collection

Possibly Whistler's studio.

Sitter

Family, Private Collection
Family, Private Collection

Unknown. The interaction between the figures is interesting, with the man leaning forward reflectively, the woman in her fashionable tall hat, like a plum pudding with holly on top, cradling a plump baby.

Last updated: 28th February 2021 by Margaret