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

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M.0506
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1876
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-7
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper, laid down on paper in album
Size: 6 7/8 x 4 3/8" (175-178 x 112 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'sketch for/ portrait of / Grace Alexander/ (not carried out)/ afterwards Lister' in unknown hand

Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander'

Composition

Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander', British Museum
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander', British Museum

This is a study for a projected Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander [YMSM 130].

Conservation History

The drawing was placed in an album.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret