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

 

M.1705
Rosalind Birnie Philip

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1902
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 2013.302
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: paper
Size: 130 x 88 mm (5 1/8 x 3 7/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Rosalind Birnie Philip

Technique

Rosalind Birnie Philip, Colby College Museum of Art
Rosalind Birnie Philip, Colby College Museum of Art

Finely outlined, intricately shaded and cross-hatched, this is an informal and relaxed portrait of Whistler's ward and youngest sister-in-law.

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret