Description

Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921), writing in the Academy, praised Whistler's two upright pastels of lightly draped models. 1 Most critics appeared to think the pastels were figure studies although the Echo on 2 December 1885 mentioned two pastel 'seaside' sketches.

It is also possible that Harmony in Opal and Violet should be identified with Harmony in Blue and Violet [M.1076] or a 'seaside' subject, now known as Annabel Lee [M.1077].