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

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M.0878
Man and woman in period costume

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: Special Collections, Whistler F87
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, watermark 'Monkton's / Antique Cream Laid / Kent', embossed heading 'THE FINE ART SOCIETY, / 148, NEW BOND ST. W.', f.s.
Size: 7 7/8 x 9 15/16" (200 x 252 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from M. B. Huish to Whistler

Man and woman in period costume

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret