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

 

YMSM 132
Maud Franklin

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1875/1877
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 1943.164
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 62.2 x 41.0 cm (24 1/2 x 16 1/8")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Maud Franklin

Maud Franklin probably dates from between 1875 and 1877. 1

Maud Franklin, Fogg Art Museum
Maud Franklin, Fogg Art Museum

This date is suggested by the appearance of the model, Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941), who may only have started posing for Whistler in 1873/1874 when she was 16 or 17. In this portrait she looks several years older.

Notes:

1: Dated 'about 1872/1873' in YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 132).

Last updated: 13th May 2021 by Margaret