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

 

M.0519
Study for 'The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1875
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-10
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: white laid paper, with mourning edges, laid down on paper in album
Size: 6 x 3 13/16" (152 x 97 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Study for 'The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland'

Study for 'The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland' dates from between 1873 and 1875, and was acquired by William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) .

Study for 'The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland', British Museum
Study for 'The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland', British Museum

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 519).

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret