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

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M.0895
Sketch of woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8821
Medium: pen and pale brown ink
Support: off-white visiting card with printed heading 'Mrs. Henry B. Callender/ 72, Cadogan Place' (crossed out)
Size: 3 11/16 x 2 3/8" (93 x 60 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Charley Le Coq de Lautreppe / from his friend / Fred: Lawless / 3 June 1883' in an unknown hand

Sketch of woman

Sketch of woman dates from about 1883.

Sketch of woman, National Gallery of Art
Sketch of woman, National Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 895).

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret