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

Technique

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

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 658).

Conservation History

The envelope has a heavy mourning border, possibly in memory of Swinburne's father Admiral Charles Henry Swinburne (1797–1877) who had died in March 1877.

Last updated: 3rd March 2021 by Margaret