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

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M.0468
The Blue Dress

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1874
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1892.24a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/8 x 7 1/4" (282 x 185 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

The Blue Dress

Sitter

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

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret