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

 

Maud

Titles

Two possible titles have been suggested:

  • Possibly 'Maud - green scarf' (1886/1892, Whistler). 1
  • 'Maud' (1980, YMSM). 2

Description

Unknown.

In an undated list Whistler recorded a portrait of Maud Franklin as 'Maud - green scarf', but there is no other record of this painting. 3

Sitter

Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941) , who had posed for many of Whistler's most important portraits, including Arrangement in Black and Brown: The Fur Jacket [YMSM 181] and Arrangement in White and Black [YMSM 185].

Notes:

1: Whistler, list, [1886/1887], formerly dated [4/11 January 1892], GUW #06795.

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 358).

3: Whistler, [1886/1887], GUW #06795, op. cit.

Last updated: 3rd January 2021 by Margaret