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

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M.1580
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46278
Medium: pencil, pen and ink
Support: beige wove paper in canvas-bound sketchbook, off-white card inside covers, 60 pages
Size: 150 x 111 mm (5 7/8 x 4 3/8")
Signature: cover signed with butterfly with chequered wings
Inscription: various
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Sketchbook

Description

Butterfly, front cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian
Butterfly, front cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian

Front cover: Butterfly with chequered wings, clouds or a face (?), pen and black ink.

Framed picture of a woman, inside front cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian
Framed picture of a woman, inside front cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian

Inside front cover: Framed picture of a woman, pen and black ink.

Man’s head, sketchbook (p. 7), The Hunterian
Man’s head, sketchbook (p. 7), The Hunterian

p. 7: Man’s head, pencil.

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret