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

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 895) as 'Sketch of woman'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

  • Possibly Watercolours, Pastels, Drawings in Black and White, Sculptures and Bronzes By British and Foreign Artists Including A Selection of Works by H. B. Brabazon, and A Group of Works by the late James McNeill Whistler, W. Marchant & Co., Goupil Gallery, London, 1903 (cat. no. 181) as 'Lady Walking'.

Websites

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

Last updated: 20th February 2021 by Margaret