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

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A woman in a chemise and long skirt

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893/1895
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46178
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 13/16 x 7 1/16" (274 x 180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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A woman in a chemise and long skirt

Technique

A woman in a chemise and long skirt,TheHunterian
A woman in a chemise and long skirt,TheHunterian

Whistler used broken outlines on the soft corsage, or under-dress, and two spots of colour, the round end of a pink pastel, on her breast and shoulder.

Conservation History

The paper is a greyish tone of brown, with small golden flacks of wood-stalk and fibres.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret