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

 

M.0694
Study: Seated Figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.145a-b
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 12 1/4 x 7 9/16-7 5/8' (312 x 192-194 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Whistler - Lindsey Houses - Chelsea - London', signed with butterfly, on wood backing

Study: Seated Figure

Composition

Study: Seated Figure, Freer Gallery of Art
Study: Seated Figure, Freer Gallery of Art

This is closely related to the composition of Whistler's second lithotint Study c006, and may have been a preparatory drawing for it.

Frame

It was framed by Foord & Dickinson, carvers and gilders of 90 Wardour Street, London, according to a label.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret