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

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: given to the University of Glasgow

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret