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

 

M.1164
Designs for RBA notepaper

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler M99
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper, embossed heading of an owl and 'MAGAZINE OF ART/ La Belle Sauvage,/ Ludgate Hill,/ London, E.C. ..188 ..', watermark 'JOYNSON/ SUPERFINE', f.s.
Size: 8 1/6 x 9 7/8" (205 x 253 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'RBA' twice by Whistler, letter from M. H. Spielmann to Whistler

Designs for RBA notepaper

Designs for RBA notepaper was drawn on an unrelated letter from Marion Henry Alexander Spielmann (1858-1948) to Whistler dated 28 October 1887. 1

Designs for RBA notepaper, Glasgow University Library
Designs for RBA notepaper, Glasgow University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1164).

Notes:

1: GUW #03765.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret