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

 

M.0667
r.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren; v.: Studies of two actors or actresses, one playing a banjo

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Accession Number: 69.86
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 5 3/8 x 4 7/16" (137 x 113 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'CONNIE GILCHRIST? BY WHISTLER' and '#2' in unknown hands

r.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren; v.: Studies of two actors or actresses, one playing a banjo

r.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren; v.: Studies of two actors or actresses, one playing a banjo date from 1878.

r.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
r.: Two sketches of Nellie Farren, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

The sketches are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 667).

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret