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

 

Portrait of a Girl

Portrait of a Girl dates from 1884. 1

According to The Whitehall Review, Whistler was at work on a 'life size portrait of a pretty girl in a delightful dress of white and scarlet' in his studio in June 1884. 2

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 311).

2: 29 June 1884; press cutting in GUL Whistler PC 6, p. 12.

Last updated: 10th October 2019 by Margaret