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

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M.0396
r.: On the Thames at Chelsea; v.: Nude figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: Leighton House, London
Accession Number: n/a
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 10 1/4 x 6 1/4" (286 x 185 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: On the Thames at Chelsea; v.: Nude figure

Site

r.: On the Thames at Chelsea, Leighton House
r.: On the Thames at Chelsea, Leighton House

The River Thames, London, UK. This view of Chelsea Wharf is from Lindsey Row.

Sitter

v.: Nude figure, Leighton House
v.: Nude figure, Leighton House
v.: Nude holding a parasol, Fitzwilliam Museum
v.: Nude holding a parasol, Fitzwilliam Museum

The faint nude figure on the verso appears to show the same pose, and probably the same model, as the verso of r.: Draped Model; v.: Nude holding a parasol [M.0388].

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret