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

 

M.0437
Mrs Leyland, standing, holding a book

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1908.196a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/8 x 7 1/16" (282 x 180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Whistler/ 2 Lindsay Row Houses/ Chelsea - Drawing', probably by Whistler, on backboard

Mrs Leyland, standing, holding a book

Provenance

  • 1908: one of four drawings out of eleven sent by Obach, London art dealers, and bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit, on 13 October 1908 (31 December 1908, voucher No. 43, FGA);
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

By the terms of C. L. Freer's will, this drawing can not be lent to other venues.

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret