Description

A standing figure of a woman in transparent robe, turned to the left but facing the viewer. Her left arm is raised almost to her shoulder, holding a short slender branch. Her right hand reaches out in front of her and a white line suggests she is holding something. Her features are barely visible. She has a pink ribbon round her hair, a yellow ribbon under her breasts, and a yellow ribbon or bracelet round her left wrist. There are faint horizontal lines behind her head, and to right of her shoulder (possibly a parasol).

Sitter

Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979) . She and her sister Gladys Winifred Carrington (1889-1940) modelled for several Whistler pastels, including Eva and Gladys Carrington seated on a sofa [M.1528], and oils including Flesh Colour and Silver: The Card Players [YMSM 496]. Tall, beautiful and acrobatic, she became a dancer and actress. In Dublin in 1905, while starring as a Gibson Girl in The Catch of the Season with Seymour Hick's company, she met her first husband Jack Southwell Russell (1884-1909), 25th Baron de Clifford, becoming Lady de Clifford.