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

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Aunt Alicia; v.: Profile of Aunt Alicia

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1844
Collection: Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY
Accession Number: 1953-186-17-1,2
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 1/16 x 4 1/8" (128 x 105 mm)
Signature: 'James to Aunty Kate. -'
Inscription: '1844' in unknown hand, and see above

Aunt Alicia; v.: Profile of Aunt Alicia

The two drawings, r.: Aunt Alicia; v.: Profile of Aunt Alicia, date from 1844, and were drawn in St Petersburg. According to the inscription they were given to Kate Livermore (1820-1907) .

r: Aunt Alicia, Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY
r: Aunt Alicia, Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 6). The entry has been revised.

Last updated: 12th December 2018 by Margaret