Composition

Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland', British Museum

Although Whistler sketched the figure wearing riding dress, it is not known if the painting got much beyond the planning stage.

Technique

Unknown. T. R. Way described it as painted 'in a very high key'. 1

Conservation History

According to T. R. Way, it was 'more or less destroyed' by Whistler in 1879. 2 If it was among canvases returned by the Ways in 1897, Whistler probably completed the destruction at that time.

Frame

Unknown.