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

 

M.0853
Harmony in Crimson and Brown

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881/1882
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: private collection
Size: 6 9/16 x 3 13/16" (167 x 97 mm)
Signature: signed with two butterflies
Inscription: 'Harmony in Crimson and Brown -'

Harmony in Crimson and Brown

Sitter

Portrait of Lady Meux in Furs, photo, GUL Whistler PH4/26
Portrait of Lady Meux in Furs, photo, GUL Whistler PH4/26
Lady Meux and Sir Henry Meux, photo, https://lowewoodmuseum
Lady Meux and Sir Henry Meux, photo, https://lowewoodmuseum

Valerie Susan Meux (née Langdon) (1847-1910) certainly posed for the oil, Portrait of Lady Meux in Furs [YMSM 230], but possibly not for the drawing.

Last updated: 13th February 2021 by Margaret