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

 

M.1160
Two men sitting in a bar

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46131
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream laid paper, watermark of a lion on top of a crown, over 'Parkins/ Royal F/' (incomplete), and tiny embossed name 'PARKINS & COTTO, LONDON'
Size: 5 15/16 x 3 13/16" (151 x 97 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Two men sitting in a bar

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

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

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret