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

 

M.0503
Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-34
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark 'J ALLEN & SON / SUPER FINE', p. 2
Size: 7 3/8 x 9" (188 x 229 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: letter from A. M. Whistler, p. 2: '... The dress might have frills on the skirts and about it - and a fine little ruffle for the neck - or else lace - [drawing] Also it might be looped up from time to time with bows of pale yellow ribbon - ...'

Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander

Composition

Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander, British Museum
Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander, British Museum
Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander, Tate Britain
Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander, Tate Britain

This is a study for the composition of Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander [YMSM 129].

Conservation History

The drawing was placed in an album.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret