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

 

M.0503
Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-34
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark 'J ALLEN & SON / SUPER FINE', p. 2
Size: 7 3/8 x 9" (188 x 229 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: letter from A. M. Whistler, p. 2: '... The dress might have frills on the skirts and about it - and a fine little ruffle for the neck - or else lace - [drawing] Also it might be looped up from time to time with bows of pale yellow ribbon - ...'

Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander

Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander was drawing in a letter dated 26 August 1872, from Whistler's mother Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881) to Rachel Alexander (1875-1964) . 1

Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander, British Museum
Design for a dress for Miss Cicely H. Alexander, British Museum

The drawing was fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 503) where it was wrongly dated 1873.

Notes:

1: A. M. Whistler, with additions by Whistler, to R. A. Alexander, 26 August [1872], GUW #07571.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret