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

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r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel; v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler P362
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream laid paper, watermark 'ORIGINAL/ MILTON MILL/ NOTE', embossed black printed heading 'GARLANT'S HOTEL,/ SUFFOLK STREET,/ PALL MALL.' and 'TELEGRAMS,/ DELICIOUS,/ LONDON', f.s.
Size: 10 1/16 x 8 1/16" (256 x 205 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'outside Garlants window this morning.' and 'Inside Garlant's window this Morning!'

r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel; v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…'

Technique

r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel, The Hunterian
r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel, The Hunterian
v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…, The Hunterian
v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…, The Hunterian

It was drawn with a wide nib which separates on some of the drawing- on the clothes draped over the end of the bed. The ink was blotted so that the smoke is paler than the rest. The shadows behind each leg were scraped out, so that a new shadow could be drawn, more consistent with the light source shown.

Conservation History

The drawings are on the first and third side, and were folded in quarters, to fit a small envelope.

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