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

 

M.1643
Sketchbook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1900-1901
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46301
Medium: pencil and pen and ink
Support: cream wove paper; sketchbook, black leather spine; front cover grey/green card with printed heading 'No.1./ SKETCH/ BLOCK./ HARD ROUGH FINISH./ ID. H. M.& S'; back cover cream card, half torn off; 70 pp.
Size: 3 7/16 x 5 7/8" (87 x 150 mm)
Signature: several butterflies
Inscription: various

Sketchbook

A Sketchbook containing 34 drawings, started in Domburg in the autumn of 1900, and mainly used in Algiers during the winter of 1900-1901.

Front cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Front cover, sketchbook, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Domburg, sketchbook (p. 3), The Hunterian
Domburg, sketchbook (p. 3), The Hunterian
Courtyard with two figures, Algiers, sketchbook (p. 29), The Hunterian
Courtyard with two figures, Algiers, sketchbook (p. 29), The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1643).

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret