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

 

YMSM 015b
Copy after Girodet's 'The Entombment of Atala'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1857
Collection: Whereabouts unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Copy after Girodet's 'The Entombment of Atala'

Provenance

  • 1857: possibly commissioned by Ralph King (1801-1878), broker, father-in-law of Whistler's brother, William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 21st November 2019 by Margaret