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

 

M.0218
Head of a monk

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1856/1857
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: white paper, laid down
Size: 1 1/2" x 1 3/4" (38 x 45 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Head of a monk

Provenance

  • 1856/1857: given by the artist to his brother William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900) ;
  • 1857/1858: given to his mentor, Dr James Darrach (1828-1869), Philadelphia;
  • 1869-present: passed by family descent to a private collector.

Exhibitions

None in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret