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

Composition

Mrs Leyland, standing, holding a book, Freer Gallery of Art
Mrs Leyland, standing, holding a book, Freer Gallery 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 one of several studies related to Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106]. In it she faces right in stead of turning to left.

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret