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

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M.0869
La Dormeuse

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882/1885
Collection: Thomas Colville Fine Art, New Haven, CT
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: cream laid paper, f.s.
Size: 3 5/16 x 4 3/16" (85 x 170 mm; 85 x 106 mm as folded)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: collector's marks of Alfred Beurdeley (Lugt 421) and S. H. N. Harrington (Lugt 1348)

La Dormeuse

Sitter

La Dormeuse, Thomas Colville Fine Art
La Dormeuse, Thomas Colville Fine Art

The drawing may show Mary Isabella Cooke (Mrs T. F. McNay) (m. 1865) , wife of Thomas Fothergill McNay (1836-1907). It is, however, possible, that it shows Eleanor ('Nora') Ruth McNay (1868-1886) who died prematurely on 30 January 1886. An inscription on the mat indicates that this was drawn at the McNay's house in Upper Grove, South Norwood, London.

Last updated: 19th February 2021 by Margaret