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

 

M.1227
The Japanese Dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1878, 1888/1890
Collection: Davison Art Centre, Wesleyan University, Middletown
Accession Number: 1952.D1.10
Medium: chalk, pastel and pencil
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 1/2 x 7 1/16" (266 x 179 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '2 Lindsey Houses - Chelsea'; v.: collectors' marks of J. Hutchinson, H. Mansfield; C. J. Sullivan; E. A. Seasongood

The Japanese Dress

Sitter

Unidentified. Possibly one of the Pettgrew sisters, such as Bessie Pettigrew (b. 1869) .

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret