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

 

M.0440
r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile; v.: A nude leaning against a rail

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46044
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/2 x 7 3/16" (293 x 182 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile; v.: A nude leaning against a rail

v.: A nude leaning against a rail, The Hunterian
v.: A nude leaning against a rail, The Hunterian

r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile; v.: A nude leaning against a rail probably date from 1872.

r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile, The Hunterian
r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile, The Hunterian

r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile may have been signed later, in 1873/1874.

The drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 440).

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret