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

 

M.0675
C. A. Howell as 'Ye Owl'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878/1879
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Accession Number: WA.OA.1059
Medium: pen and ink
Support: off-white paper
Size: 2 x 1 3/4" (50 x 44 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: ' "Ye Owl" ' and fragments of a letter

C. A. Howell as 'Ye Owl'

Technique

C. A. Howell as 'Ye Owl', Ashmolean Museum
C. A. Howell as 'Ye Owl', Ashmolean Museum

A tiny drawing of a dissipated owl, done with a fine pen nib, with the dark areas of hat and coat brushed in boldly. A touch of red illuminates the decorations on Howell's lapel.

Conservation History

This has been cut from a letter.

Last updated: 14th February 2021 by Margaret