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

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M.1353
Studies of heads

Artist: Beatrice Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler M424
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: cream laid paper, partial watermark '...M' [on shield] / MILL'
Size: 4 3/8 x 6 7/8" (112 x 175 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to R. de Montesquiou
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Studies of heads

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
  • 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret