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

Composition

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

Possibly a study for the Portrait of Lady Redesdale [YMSM 189], although the design of the dress also relates to Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106].

A similar study, with the model wearing a simpler dress, is A lady with a fan [M.0466],

Last updated: 22nd May 2021 by Margaret