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

 

M.1326
Study for 'Rose et argent: La Jolie Mutine'

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46167
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: pale grey laid paper, partial watermark 'AC.../[reuan]/ ...on & Gunn/ Bond Street'
Size: 6 15/16 x 4 1/2" (177 x 114 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Mrs Whibley' written by Harold Wright

Study for 'Rose et argent: La Jolie Mutine'

Titles

Although catalogued as Study for 'Rose et argent: La Jolie Mutine' it is possible this is not a study but an independent drawing of a model posing for Rose et argent: La Jolie Mutine [YMSM 389].

Sitter

Study for 'Rose et argent: La Jolie Mutine', The Hunterian
Study for 'Rose et argent: La Jolie Mutine', The Hunterian

Possibly Whistler's sister-in-law Ethel Philip, later Ethel Whibley (1861-1920) , as suggested on the inscription by Harold Wright (1885-1961) of Colnaghi's, possibly with information from her younger sister, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958).

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret