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

 

M.1469
A girl in a green cap and white tunic

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1896
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46253
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card with stamp of W. Holland
Size: 10 1/2 x 7 1/16" (264 x 179 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

A girl in a green cap and white tunic

Technique

A girl in a green cap and white tunic, The Hunterian
A girl in a green cap and white tunic, The Hunterian

It was drawn in charcoal. Whistler's smudging of pastel was marred by the large bits of wood to left of her head and at her knee. His tentative drawing was further blurred by the rubbing.

A girl in a red cap [M.1468] and A girl in a green cap and white tunic [M.1469] are similar in colour, technique and paper.

Last updated: 9th December 2020 by Margaret