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

 

M.0429
Mrs Leyland seated

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1873
Collection: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 06.12.6
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 3/8 x 7 5/16" (289 x 186 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: '10 3/4 x 6' in unknown hand

Mrs Leyland seated

Composition

Mrs Leyland seated, Carnegie Museum of Art
Mrs Leyland seated, Carnegie Museum of Art
Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick Collection
Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick Collection

This is a study for the dress in Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106], before the standing pose was adopted.

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret