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

 

M.1421
Cameo

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894/1898
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Size: unknown, facsimile 68 x 54 mm (2 5/8 x 2 1/8"), the image, 23 mm diameter (7/8")
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Cameo

Description

Cameo, Pennell 1908, vol. 2, repr. f.p. 152
Cameo, Pennell 1908, vol. 2, repr. f.p. 152

A drawing that was, according to T. R. Way, intended to imitate 'a Greek gem'; it shows two dancing figures, in a circle. 1

Notes:

1: Glasgow University Library, Whistler MS W143.

Last updated: 28th May 2021 by Margaret