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

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M.0545
Mrs Leyland

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1875
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and ink
Support: white paper
Size: 4 1/2 x 3 7/10" (110 x 88 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Mrs Leyland

Technique

Mrs Leyland, private collection
Mrs Leyland, private collection

The figure is outlined with broken, often angular lines. The dress was shaded with cross-hatched lines, contrasting with the chair and shadows with large areas of vertical regular shading.

Conservation History

The paper is slightly foxed.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret