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

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Mrs or Miss McNay

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                    Mrs or Miss McNay, National Gallery of Art, DC
Mrs or Miss McNay, National Gallery of Art, DC

The drawing may show Mary Isabella Cooke (Mrs T. F. McNay) (m. 1865) , wife of Thomas Fothergill McNay (1836-1907). It is possible, but less likely, that it shows Eleanor ('Nora') Ruth McNay (1868-1886) who died prematurely on 30 January 1886.

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