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

 

M.0428
Figure Reading

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1873
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession Number: PD.64-1959
Medium: charcoal and chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 9 1/8 x 7 1/16" (232 x 180 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Figure Reading

Composition

Figure Reading, Fitzwilliam Museum
Figure Reading, Fitzwilliam Museum

Possibly a preliminary idea for the composition of Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106], or another portrait of Mrs Leyland.

Last updated: 26th February 2021 by Margaret