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

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M.1452
Plan of a room

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler F268
Medium: pencil
Support: white laid paper, watermark 'TOWGOOD'S/ FINE' and printed heading of 'THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LIMD,/ 148 NEW BOND ST. W.', f.s.
Size: 9 13/16 x 7 3/4" (250 x 197 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: letter from Ernest Brown to Whistler; and 'Liquid petroleum/ Chrismolene' in another hand, possibly by R. B. Philip

Plan of a room

Plan of a room was drawn in a letter from Ernest Brown (1881-1962) to Whistler dated 20 January 1896. 1

Plan of a room, Glasgow University Library
Plan of a room, Glasgow University Library

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1452).

Notes:

1: GUW #01336.

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