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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

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Provenance

1870s: given to the sitter's father William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) or mother, Rachel Agnes Lucas (Mrs W. C. Alexander) (1837-1900) ;
1916: passed to their daughters Rachel Alexander (1875-1964) and Jean Ingelow Alexander (1877-1972) ;
1958: given by them to the British Museum.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret

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

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