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

 

M.0499
Study for 'Portrait of Miss May Alexander'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1874
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-3
Medium: pencil and grey wash
Support: cream paper, laid down
Size: 5 x 2 9/16" (127 x 65-68 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study for 'Portrait of Miss May Alexander'

Composition

Study for 'Portrait of Miss May Alexander', British Museum
Study for 'Portrait of Miss May Alexander', British Museum
Miss May Alexander, Tate Britain
Miss May Alexander, Tate Britain

This is a preliminary study for Miss May Alexander [YMSM 127].

Conservation History

The drawing was placed in an album.

Last updated: 23rd February 2021 by Margaret