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

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Portrait of the actress Isabel Bateman

Provenance

  • 1872/1878: acquired by the sitter, Isabel Bateman (1854-1934) ;
  • 1934: bequeathed to her sister Ellen Grepo (1844-1937), New Jersey and Santa Monica;
  • Before 1937: given to private collectors, who owned it until at least 1995.
  • 2008: bought by Paula Crane Lunder (b. 1935) and Peter H. Lunder (b. 1933) ;
  • 2013: given by Peter and Paula Lunder to the Colby College Museum of Art.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 24th February 2021 by Margaret