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

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M.0652
Caricatures of figure and peacocks

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler L114
Medium: chalk
Support: cream laid paper, watermark 'JENNER & NEWSTUBS./ CARTA PERFECTA', embossed monogram 'FRL' (F. R. Leyland), f.s.
Size: 7 1/16 x 8 15/16" (180 x 227 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: letter from F. R. Leyland to Whistler

Caricatures of figure and peacocks

Description

Caricatures of figure and peacocks, Glasgow University Library
Caricatures of figure and peacocks, Glasgow University Library

The sketches are very rough. In the centre is either a figure, walking to right, or a peacock with tail trailing behind, and on the right, two peacocks.

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret