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

 

M.0658
Heads of two young women

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1877
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler S272
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white laid paper, envelope with mourning border
Size: 4 5/8 x 2 9/16" (118 x 66 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: envelope to Whistler from A. G. Swinburne

Heads of two young women

The sketch of Heads of two young women dates from 1877. The envelope, sent by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), is postmarked 5 and 7 August 1877. 1

Heads of two young women, Glasgow University Library
Heads of two young women, Glasgow University Library

The tiny sketches are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 658).

Notes:

1: GUW #05626.

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret