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

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 868) as 'Mrs or Miss McNay'.

Books, General

  • Wadley, Nicholas, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing, London, 1991 (no. 84b).

Websites

  • National Gallery of Art website at https://www.nga.gov.

Last updated: 16th February 2021 by Margaret