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

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M.0868
Mrs or Miss McNay

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8804
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: beige wove paper, f.s.
Size: 8 13/16 x 6 15/16" (224 x 177 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Sketch by J. McNeil Whistler at / Mrs. McNay's, Upper Grove, S. Norwood / 14 March 1882', '958639' and '00 / 3543', in unknown hands; collector's marks 'HNH' (S. H. N.Harrington; Lugt 1348) and 'LJR' (L. J. Rosenwald)

Mrs or Miss McNay

Provenance

  • Date unknown: owned by Henry Nazeby Harrington (1862-1937) , Birkenhead, UK.
  • 1928: bought on 30 October from Charles Sessler (1854-1935), Philadelphia, by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971) ;
  • 1943: given to the National Gallery of Art;
  • 1980: moved from Alverthorpe to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

The early provenance is not fully established.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret