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

 

M.0369
Study for 'Tillie: A Model'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46030
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 11 7/8 x 7 15/16" (301 x 201 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study for 'Tillie: A Model'

Sitter

Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian
Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian

Matilda Gilchrist (b. 1828 or 1829) .

She posed for the etching Tillie: A Model [113] and probably for the figure at left in The White Symphony: Three Girls [YMSM 087] and The Three Girls [YMSM 088].

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret