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

 

Maud Franklin

Titles

Possible titles suggested:

  • 'Maud Franklin' (1980, YMSM). 1
  • 'Miss Maud Franklin' (2015, Fogg Art Museum).

'Maud Franklin' is the preferred title.

Description


                    Maud Franklin Fogg Art Museum
Maud Franklin Fogg Art Museum

A head and shoulders portrait of a young woman with brown hair cut in a fringe. She stares directly at the viewer, her head very slightly tilted to her left. She is wearing a dark yellow coat with a wide collar; a grey ruff appears to have been added over the coat, round her neck. The portrait is in vertical format.

Sitter

T. R. Way identified this as a portrait of Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941) . 2


                    Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour , Fogg Art Museum
Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour , Fogg Art Museum

                    Maud Franklin Fogg Art Museum
Maud Franklin Fogg Art Museum

The face is quite like that of Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour [YMSM 131] in appearance, which also came from Way's collection. It is possible that Way worked on Maud Franklin [YMSM 132] and assisted the resemblance.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 132).

2: Way 1912 [more] , p. 115.

Last updated: 13th May 2021 by Margaret