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

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M.0718
'F. R. L.' Frill - of Liverpool begins to be uncertain about the White House

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879
Collection: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Accession Number: WA1957.25.1
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper, embossed stamp 'ARTS CLUB/ HANOVER SQUARE/ W', laid down
Size: 6 15/16 x 4 5 /16" (176 x 110 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: ' "F.R.L." frill - of Liverpool begins to be uncertain about the White House! -'

'F. R. L.' Frill - of Liverpool begins to be uncertain about the White House

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 718) as " 'F. R. L.' Frill - of Liverpool begins to be uncertain about the White House".

Websites

  • Ashmolean Museum website at https://collections.ashmolean.org/collection/search as 'Caricature of F.R. Leyland ('Frill of Liverpool')'

Last updated: 18th April 2021 by Margaret