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

 

M.1536
Designs for a monogram for Jonathan Sturges

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Accession Number: Gen MSS [Misc.], CO 140, Box WH, Whistler Folder, subfolder 1-2
Medium: pencil
Support: tissue paper
Size: 7/8-2 5/8 x 1 15/16-5 3/8" (20-67 x 49-137 mm, irregular)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Designs for a monogram for Jonathan Sturges

Provenance

  • ca 1898: probably sent by Whistler to Jonathan Sturges (1864-1911) .
  • 1911: passed by family descent to Mary Fuller Sturges, Mrs Andrew Chalmers Wilson (1870-1962);
  • After 1911: presented in memory of Jonathan Sturges by Mrs Mary Fuller Chalmers to Princeton University.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1536).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret