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

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M.1060
Portrait of a woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46102
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper, watermark '[C]HARTA ASPERA / L & S'
Size: 7 1/16 x 4 5/8" (180 x 118 mm)
Signature: 'J. A. McN. Whistler'
Inscription: 'Oct. 4. 85.'

Portrait of a woman

Sitter

Portrait of a woman, The Hunterian
Portrait of a woman, The Hunterian

Not identified. Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) , who was then married to Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), and her sister Ethel – later Ethel Whibley (1861-1920) – are possible sitters, but this is by no means certain. The sitter does not look like Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941), who was Whistler's chief model.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret