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

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M.1016
Portrait studies of the artist, his brother Dr Whistler, and others

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: white paper
Size: 7 7/8 x 10 1/4" (200 x 260 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Portrait studies of the artist, his brother Dr Whistler, and others

Technique

Portrait studies of the artist, his brother Dr Whistler, and others, Private Collection
Portrait studies of the artist, his brother Dr Whistler, and others, Private Collection

It is possible that the head at centre right is by another hand, possibly that of Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938).

NOTE: In the Ashmolean Museum there is a drawing of a woman, a copy, not by Whistler, of the woman in profile left.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret