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The two figures commisioned by Henry Cole (1808-1882) in 1872 for arches in South Kensington Museum were: 'a Japanese art worker' and 'Neath, the Egyptian Goddess of the Spindle'. 1 Net (or Neith) was a virgin goddess, self-begotten, mother of the gods, usually shown with bow and arrows or a distaff. For the 'Japanese art worker' Whistler drew models in kimonos (r.: A Japanese Woman; v.: Girl with parasol [M.0458], Japanese lady decorating a fan [M.0460]). He never completed the commission but years later made this, the only extant drawing with Egyptian associations.
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1275).
Last updated: 5th June 2021 by Margaret