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. 1135).

Images

Subject

Description

Crowned lion, Glasgow University Library

A lion 'passant', crowned, surrounded by a lettered rectangular frame.

Technique

Composition

Crowned lion, Glasgow University Library

The drawing is rather stiff and does not look much like Whistler's own work, but it may have been traced and used as the basis for Design for a lion for the RBA m1136. The legs are slightly different from those in Crowned lion m1134.

Technique

Details were picked out in pink wash.

Conservation History

The paper has a slight vertical grain and is very browned, with some paper loss at the left corners.

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. 1135) as 'Crowned lion'.