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

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Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 187
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: MEZAP
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 112 x 178 mm (4 7/16 x 7" )
Signature: none
Inscription: Stamp of 'S. P. AVERY COLLECTION'

Fighting Peacocks dates from 1876. It is a study of Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room [YMSM 178].

Fighting Peacocks, New York Public Library
Fighting Peacocks, New York Public Library
Panel of Fighting Peacocks in Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art
Panel of Fighting Peacocks in Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 581).

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