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

 

YMSM 128
Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 47.6 x 36.8 cm (18 3/4 x 14 1/2")
Signature: butterfly, now deleted
Inscription: none

Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander

Titles

One main title have been suggested:

  • 'Study for the head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander' (1905, ISSPG). 1
  • 'Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander' (1980, YMSM). 2

Description

Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander, Private Collection
Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander, Private Collection

A study of the head and shoulders of a girl, in vertical format. She is in three-quarter view to left. She wears a grey dress or jacket with white blouse, and a black bow in her long blonde hair.

Sitter

Cicely Henrietta Alexander (1864-1932) , daughter of Rachel Agnes Lucas Alexander and William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916).

Notes:

1: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 74).

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 128).

Last updated: 21st October 2020 by Margaret