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

 

M.1480
Skull and crossbones (a)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: E. R. and J. Pennell Collection
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, partial watermark, 'JOYN[SON]'
Size: 3 3/8 x 4 9/16" (85 x 116 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Skull and crossbones (a)

Skull and crossbones was drawn in the autumn of 1896 for the publisher William Heinemann (1863-1920) .

Skull and crossbones, Library of Congress
Skull and crossbones, Library of Congress

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1480).

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret