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

 

M.1059
Portrait of a woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46101
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark '[C]HARTA ASPERA / L & S'
Size: 7 1/16 x 4 5/8" (180 x 118 mm)
Signature: 'J. A. McN. Whistler'
Inscription: 'Oct. 4. 85.'

Portrait of a woman

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret