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

 

M.0048
Young woman wearing a mob cap

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1850
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.24
Medium: graphite
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 5/16 x 5 1/4" (186 x 134 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: verso: 'Bambarziller' [?]

Young woman wearing a mob cap

Description

Young woman wearing a mob cap, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Young woman wearing a mob cap, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

A half-length study of a young woman in profile to left, possibly in 18th century dress, and possibly copied from an illustration.

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret