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

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M.1483
Caricature of G. F. Watts

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: beige laid paper
Size: 8 13/16 x 6 11/16" (224 x 170 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'This sketch is the subject of Watts famous picture// Minotaur painted by G. F. Watts, after reading about White Slave Traffic in London// 83-/ By J. M. WHISTLER (Minotaur by Watts)' written in various hands

Caricature of G. F. Watts

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1483) as 'Caricature of G. F. Watts'.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret