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

 

M.0303
'The Woman in White'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1862
Collection: Wadsworth Athenaeum, Wadsworth, CT
Accession Number: 1925
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 9 x 8 7/8" (178 x 225 mm)
Signature: 'Jemmie Whistler' (on letter)
Inscription: 'Whistler's Extraordinary picture the WOMAN IN WHITE'

'The Woman in White'

Provenance

  • 1862: sent on 26 June to George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909) .
  • 1925: given by J. F. Kraushaar New York dealer, to the Wadsworth Athenaeum.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret