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

 

M.0666
r.: Demon; v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: white laid paper
Size: 4 3/8 x 4 5/8" (111 x 117 mm) (sight)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: Demon; v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren

Sitter

r.: Demon, Private Collection
r.: Demon, Private Collection
v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren, Private Collection
v.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren, Private Collection

Ellen ('Nellie') Farren (1848-1904) , Principal Boy, acrobat and dancer, and another character in Henry James Byron's farce Little Dr Faust at the Gaiety Theatre.

Last updated: 7th March 2021 by Margaret