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

 

M.0500
Study for Dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1876
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession Number: PD.3-2017
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 9 3/4 x 5 3/4" (247 x 146 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Study for Dress

Sitter

Possibly Agnes Mary ('May') Alexander (1862-1950) or Fanny Leyland (1857-1880), but the faceless figure is not easily identified.

Last updated: 22nd May 2021 by Margaret