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

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M.1479
Gallows design for the cover of 'A Book of Scoundrels' by Charles Whibley

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896/1897
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen
Support: unknown
Size: 7 3/4 x 5" (198 x 128 mm)
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
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Gallows design for the cover of 'A Book of Scoundrels' by Charles Whibley

Provenance

  • 1896: probably sent by Whistler to William Heinemann (1863-1920), the London publisher.

No further provenance is known.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 28th May 2021 by Margaret