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

 

M.1273
The Arabian

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1892
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46149
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 7 1/2 x 11 1/4" (181 x 278 mm)
Signature: two butterflies
Inscription: none

The Arabian

Sitter

The Arabian, The Hunterian
The Arabian, The Hunterian

The model is almost certainly 'Hetty', Bessie Pettigrew (b. 1869) , the oldest of the Pettigrew sisters.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret