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

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M.0440
r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile; v.: A nude leaning against a rail

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46044
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/2 x 7 3/16" (293 x 182 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile; v.: A nude leaning against a rail

Composition

v.: A nude leaning against a rail, The Hunterian
v.: A nude leaning against a rail, The Hunterian

r.: Nude standing; v.: Designs for rosettes on Mrs Leyland's dress [M.0439], the drawing on the verso of r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile; v.: A nude leaning against a rail [M.0440], Nude standing [M.0443] and r.: A nude with a parasol; v.: A nude leaning against a rail [M.0445] are among many studies or variations on this nude figure.

Technique

r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile, The Hunterian
r.: Elizabeth Dawson in profile, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 440).

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret