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Mahogany cabinet (© Hunterian Art Gallery)
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© Hunterian Art Gallery

Mahogany cabinet

Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903)

Location: Hunterian Art Gallery

Date: 1878

Materials: mahogany

Dimensions: 296 x 191 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,900 (Total: £8,400)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 2490 (1973)

Provenance:
Pickford Waller; by descent, Miss Sybil Waller.

Description:
Originally designed as a chimney piece by e.w. Godwin & made by William Watt. Exhibited at Exposition Universelle, 1878, & decorated by Whistler. After the exposition the piece was transformed into a cabinet.

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