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

 

M.0416
A Study

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession Number: PD.68-1959
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 3/8 x 7 5/16" (289 x 186 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

A Study

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A Study, Fitzwilliam Museum
A Study, Fitzwilliam Museum

Unknown. Similar drawings of the model by Walter Greaves (1846-1930) are in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Szepmuveszeti Museum, Budapest; all may have been drawn at the life-classes run by Victor A. L. Barthe (b. 1839) in his Limerston Street studio.

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret