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

 

M.1353
Studies of heads

Artist: Beatrice Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler M424
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: cream laid paper, partial watermark '...M' [on shield] / MILL'
Size: 4 3/8 x 6 7/8" (112 x 175 mm)
Signature: butterfly on letter
Inscription: letter from Whistler to R. de Montesquiou

Studies of heads

Studies of heads was drawn by Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) on an unrelated draft letter from J. McN. Whistler to Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1855-1921). 1

Studies of heads, Glasgow University Library
Studies of heads, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1353) as by Whistler. This has been corrected and the entry amended.

Notes:

1: GUW #04154.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret