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

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M.0465
Study for a dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1874
Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Accession Number: PD.2-2017
Medium: pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 9 3/4 x 5 3/4" (250 x 146 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Study for a dress

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Study for a dress, Fitzwilliam Museum
Study for a dress, Fitzwilliam Museum

Possibly a study of Lady Clementine Redesdale (1854-1932) or Frances Leyland (1834-1910) or her sister Elizabeth Dawson (b. 1840) .

Last updated: 22nd May 2021 by Margaret