The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Crowned lion dates from 1887. See Crowned lion m1133 for further details.

Crowned lion, Glasgow University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1134).

Images

Subject

Description

Crowned lion, Glasgow University Library

A crowned lion, walking, in profile to left.

Technique

Composition

Crowned lion, Glasgow University Library

In this version, the lion's legs all touch the ground. See Crowned lion m1133 for further details.

Technique

The drawing appears to have been traced, the carbon lines reinforced in pencil, and gone over in ink. There are two pin holes at top left, and two vertical folds to left of centre, where the pencil has been rubbed.

Conservation History

The paper is of medium weight, with a slight diamond grain. The sheet is torn down the left, and must have been taken from a notebook.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1134) as 'Crowned lion'.