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

'F. R. L.' Frill - of Liverpool begins to be uncertain about the White House dates from May or June 1879, after Whistler was declared insolvent on 8 May 1879, after which his house went up for sale.

'F. R. L.' Frill - of Liverpool begins to be uncertain about the White House,Ashmolean Museum
'F. R. L.' Frill - of Liverpool begins to be uncertain about the White House,Ashmolean Museum
Caricature of F. R. Leyland, The Hunterian
Caricature of F. R. Leyland, The Hunterian

It is closely related to Caricature of F. R. Leyland [M.0720], which is so dated.

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 718) where it was dated 'c.1879'.

Last updated: 18th April 2021 by Margaret