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

 

M.0465
Study for a dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1874
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession Number: PD.2-2017
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 9 3/4 x 5 3/4" (250 x 146 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study for a dress

Study for a dress dates from 1872/1874: the signature suggests this date.

Study for a dress, Fitzwilliam Museum
Study for a dress, Fitzwilliam Museum

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no 465) where it is dated '1872/6'. The history has been updated.

Last updated: 22nd May 2021 by Margaret