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

 

M.0665
r.: Nellie Farren; v.: Demon

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46073
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper, partial watermark '...ON'
Size: 5 15/16 x 3 7/8" (151 x 98 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Nellie Farren; v.: Demon

Site

Gaiety Theatre, London.

Sitter

r.: Nellie Farren, The Hunterian
r.: Nellie Farren, The Hunterian
W. & D. Downey, Connie Gilchrist as The Slave of the Lamp in 'Aladdin', Gaiety Theatre, London, 24 December 1881
W. & D. Downey, Connie Gilchrist as The Slave of the Lamp in 'Aladdin', Gaiety Theatre, London, 24 December 1881
v.: Demon, The Hunterian
v.: Demon, The Hunterian

Ellen ('Nellie') Farren (1848-1904) , Principal Boy, acrobat and dancer, and – on the verso – another character in Henry James Byron's farce Little Dr Faust at the Gaiety Theatre.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret