Titles

Only one title, with minor variations, is known:

• 'the Blue Girl' (1880, Whistler). 1
• 'The Blue Girl: Maud Franklin' (1980, YMSM). 2

Description

The Blue Girl: Portrait of Connie Gilchrist, The Hunterian

It is likely that the pose and dress was similar to other 'blue girls' such as The Blue Girl: Portrait of Connie Gilchrist [YMSM 207].

Sitter

Maud Franklin (1857-1939). She was Whistler's chief model and partner in the late 1870s and early 1880s.

The portrait was one of several 'Blue Girls', including The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland [YMSM 111], Arrangement in Blue and Green [YMSM 193], The Blue Girl: Portrait of Connie Gilchrist [YMSM 207], and Scherzo in Blue: The Blue Girl [YMSM 226].