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

 

YMSM 554
Head of a Girl

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1903
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Head of a Girl

Titles

Suggested titles are as follows:

  • 'a study of a girl's head' (1903, Way & Dennis). 1
  • 'Head of a Girl' (1980, YMSM). 2

'Head of a Girl' is the preferred title.

Description

The portrait of a girl, showing only the head, possibly similar to, or identifiable as Dorothy Seton - A Daughter of Eve [YMSM 552].

Dorothy Seton – A Daughter of Eve, The Hunterian
Dorothy Seton – A Daughter of Eve, The Hunterian

Sitter

Possibly Dorothy Seton (fl. 1885-1900) , who sat for Dorothy Seton [YMSM 551] and Dorothy Seton - A Daughter of Eve [YMSM 552].

Notes:

1: Way & Dennis 1903 [more] , p. 4.

2: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 554).

Last updated: 19th October 2020 by Margaret