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

 

M.0592
Studies of blue and white porcelain

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: ink and wash
Support: probably white paper
Size: 7" x 4 1/4" (179 x 109 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'No 1. / No 2. / No 3. avec les six marques. / No. 4. avec les six marques. - / No 5. / No 6'

Studies of blue and white porcelain

Studies of blue and white porcelain probably dates from 1876. It was painted for Murray Marks (1840-1918) to show how Whistler would illustrate a proposed catalogue of the collection of Henry Thompson (1820-1894). 1

Studies of blue and white porcelain, whereabouts unknown
Studies of blue and white porcelain, whereabouts unknown

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 592).

Notes:

1: Thompson 1878 [more] .

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret