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

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r.: A woman in a blue robe seated on a sofa; v.: Illegible

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46268
Medium: chalk, charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 11 1/4 x 7 1/8" (278 x 181 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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r.: A woman in a blue robe seated on a sofa; v.: Illegible

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r.: A woman in a blue robe seated on a sofa, The Hunterian
r.: A woman in a blue robe seated on a sofa, The Hunterian

R. B. Philip noted the model as Ethel Warwick (1882-1951) but later suggested it was Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979). 1

Notes:

1: GUL MS Whistler NB3, pp. 15-16.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret