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

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M.0432
Mrs Leyland, standing holding a fan

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1908.195a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 5/16 x 7" (287 x 178 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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Mrs Leyland, standing holding a fan

Sitter

This is a study for Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106], although it is not certain if Frances Leyland (1834-1910) actually posed for it.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret