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

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M.0703
Framed etchings

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 1/15/4
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark 'JOYNSON/SUPERFINE', embossed heading of Michelangelo's head and 'ARTS CLUB,/ HANOVER SQUARE./W.' , f.s.
Size: 7 1/8 x 8 7/8" (181 x 225 mm)
Signature: letter signed 'J A McN. Whistler'
Inscription: 'Window mount.' etc, in letter, see under Date

Framed etchings

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Framed etchings, Library of Congress
Framed etchings, Library of Congress

The drawings are part of the letter and drawn with the same pen and ink as the letter. In the letter Whistler discusses the correct mounting and framing of his etchings. He later changed the design of frames for etchings to include narrow incised lines running the length of the slender wooden frames. 1

Notes:

1: See Parkerson 2007 [more] .

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