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

 

M.0524
Florence Leyland in a purple dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46059
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 9 1/2 x 7 3/16" (241 x 182 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Florence Leyland in a purple dress

Composition

Florence Leyland in a purple dress, The Hunterian
Florence Leyland in a purple dress, The Hunterian
Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland, Portland Museum of Art
Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland, Portland Museum of Art

Possibly an early design for a portrait. The final Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland [YMSM 107], was completed many years later, from another model.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 524).

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret