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

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M.0925
Pink Note - Shelling Peas

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.166a-c
Medium: watercolour
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 9 1/2-9 5/8 x 5 5 /8" (242-244 x 143 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Pink Note - Shelling Peas

Sitter

Pink Note – Shelling Peas, Freer Gallery of Art
Pink Note – Shelling Peas, Freer Gallery of Art

Unknown. Whistler was living at 13 Tite Street, Chelsea, and the sitter was probably a kitchen maid or general skivvy rather than his partner Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941).

Last updated: 7th February 2021 by Margaret