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

 

M.1122
Velarium

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887/1888
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46115
Medium: pencil, pen, brown ink & watercolour
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 9 15/16 x 6 15/16" (253 x 177 mm)
Signature: butterfly and 'J. McNeill.Whistler'
Inscription: v.: 'Patent No 6223 / 26/4/88' in unknown hand

Velarium

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Unspecific. However, it was first designed to be hung in the exhibition rooms of the Royal Society of British Artists in London.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret