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

 

M.1145
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46117
Medium: pencil
Support: blue-green edged cream wove paper
Size: 3 7/16 x 2 7/16" (87 x 62 mm)
Signature: butterflies on p. 46, pp. 78-79, and inside back cover
Inscription: various, including '1887' on p. 35

Sketchbook

Sitter

Head of a boy, Sketchbook, p. 80, The Hunterian
Head of a boy, Sketchbook, p. 80, The Hunterian
Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

It is possible that this pencil drawing shows Stephen Manuel (1880-1954) , who had posed for Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel [YMSM 321] in 1885.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret