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

 

M.1481
Skull and crossbones (b)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: E. R. and J. Pennell Collection
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, embossed heading in blue, '4, WHITEHALL C0URT,/S.W.', watermark 'JOYNSON/FIRST QUALITY'
Size: 7 1/16 x 8 13/16" (180 x 224 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Skull and crossbones (b)

Skull and crossbones dates from the autumn of 1896 and was given to William Heinemann (1863-1920), whose address is on the notepaper.

Skull and crossbones (b), Library of Congress
Skull and crossbones (b), Library of Congress

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1481).

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret