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

 

M.0895
Sketch of woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8821
Medium: pen and pale brown ink
Support: off-white visiting card with printed heading 'Mrs. Henry B. Callender/ 72, Cadogan Place' (crossed out)
Size: 3 11/16 x 2 3/8" (93 x 60 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Charley Le Coq de Lautreppe / from his friend / Fred: Lawless / 3 June 1883' in an unknown hand

Sketch of woman

Technique

Sketch of woman, National Gallery of Art
Sketch of woman, National Gallery of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 895).

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret