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

 

M.1191
Theodore Roussel and Ethel Birnie Philip 'telling' cards

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 4 3/8 x 6 15/16" (111 x 176 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Theodore Roussel and Ethel Birnie Philip 'telling' cards

Theodore Roussel and Ethel Birnie Philip 'telling' cards dates from about 1888 and was given to Théodore Roussel (1847-1926) . This drawing was followed by The Prediction [M.1192].

Theodore Roussel and Ethel Birnie Philip 'telling' cards, Private Collection
Theodore Roussel and Ethel Birnie Philip 'telling' cards, Private Collection

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1191) as 'Whistler and his sister-in-law 'telling' cards'. This entry has been corrected.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret