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

 

M.0844
Miss Cicely Alexander

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1880/1881
Collection: Lucas Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession Number: 67.27?
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: white laid paper; v.: printed text, 'Monsieur Steinheil a l'honneur/ de vous faire part du marriage de/ Mademoiselle Eugenie Steinheil, sa fille'
Size: 5 3/4 x 4 1/4" (147 x 109 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Miss Cicely Alexander

Sitter

Miss Cicely Alexander, Baltimore Museum of Art
Miss Cicely Alexander, Baltimore Museum of Art

Cicely Henrietta Alexander (1864-1932) posed for Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander [YMSM 129] of which this is probably a memory sketch. She would not have posed for the drawing.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret