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

 

M.0430
Study of Mrs Leyland

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.157a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 7/16 x 6 3/4-6 7/8' (265 x 171-174 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study of Mrs Leyland

Sitter

This is a study for Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106], although it is not certain if Frances Leyland (1834-1910) actually posed for it.

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret