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Unknown, probably destroyed.
Whistler returned Chase's down payment, because he said the portrait was unfinished:
"Under the circumstances I send you back the thirty pounds you had given me on your portrait - trust me it is better so - it would only make me nervous and unhappy were I to keep it before my work pleased me. While I shall be delighted to take it from you over there when I have done well - 'as it is my wont.' " 1
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Last updated: 3rd January 2021 by Margaret