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

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M.1498
Head and shoulders of a child wearing a pinafore

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46262
Medium: charcoal
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 15/16 x 7 1/8" (278 x 181 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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Head and shoulders of a child wearing a pinafore

Technique

Head and shoulders of a child wearing a pinafore, The Hunterian
Head and shoulders of a child wearing a pinafore, The Hunterian

There appears to have been another drawing on a smaller scale the other way up.

Conservation History

The paper is smooth, grey-brown with a slight pinkish tinge, fibrous, with some specks of wood-stalk. The edge is a bit uneven.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret