Symphony in White, No. 3, Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Symphony in White, No. 3, photograph by Henry Dixon & Son, 1915, GUL WPP

Symphony in White, No. 3, verso

Symphony in White, No. 3, photograph, Goupil Album, 1892

Symphony in White, No. 3, frame

Study for 'Symphony in White No. 3', Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY

Sketch of 'Symphony in White, No. 3', Library of Congress

Study of a draped reclining woman, The Hunterian

Draped figure seated, holding a fan, The Hunterian

H. E. Degas, Sketch after Symphony in White, No. 3, Notebook 20, Musée du Louvre RF5634, p. 17

Albert Moore, Portrait of a girl, probably Milly Jones, Sotheby's 2016

Frederick Sandys, Gentle Spring, 1863-1865, Ashmolean Museum

In 1889, Whistler attempted to obtain reproductions of his work, including Symphony in White, No. 3 [YMSM 061], for an article by Theodore Child (1846-1892). He suggested that Adolphe Braun (1812-1877) 'ought to do the photograph almost the size of the picture original - as the picture is not too large. Perhaps Huth may even lend the picture ... which would be important, as the hair and gold flesh color photographs too darkly, unless Braun can manage.' 1

In 1895 Whistler gave James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923) permission to reproduce a photograph of Symphony in White, No. 3 [YMSM 061] taken at the time of the 1892 Goupil exhibition, but complained that 'the hair of the girl on the sofa is red - or copper coloured ... and the face is very fair - though golden. In the photograph all this is dark - if not black.' 2