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

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M.1700
The Retort

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900
Collection: The Hunterian
Accession Number: GLAHA 46311
Medium: pencil
Support: tan tracing paper
Size: 176 x 127 mm (6 15/16 x 5")
Signature: none
Inscription: "Design for 'Pears’ Soap' (The Retort) (never used)" possibly by Harold Wright
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The Retort

Composition

The Retort, The Hunterian
The Retort, The Hunterian

This is one of several designs for a competition for an advertisement for Pear's soap. See also Adam and Eve [M.1697] and Eve [M.1698].

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1700).

Conservation History

It is similar paper to Eve [M.1698] and Venus and Cupid [M.1699] and related to the same project.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret