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

 

M.0438
Mrs Leyland, standing, head turned to the front

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1908.197a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 3/16 x 7 1/8" (282-283 x 179-181 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Mrs Leyland, standing, head turned to the front

Composition

Mrs Leyland, standing, head turned to the front, Freer Gallery of Art,
Mrs Leyland, standing, head turned to the front, 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 this the overskirt is pulled up at intervals and pinned with small flowers or rosettes. The figure faces right and looks at the viewer, the opposite of the pose in the painting. 1

Notes:

1: MacDonald 2003 [more] , p. 108.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret