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

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M.1061
Portrait of a lady

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1888
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: white card
Size: 5 9/16" x 4 1/4" (141 x 108 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'Miss Birnie Philip/ by J. McN. Whistler/ from the Collection of C. J. Hanson/ who was Whistler's private secretary', 'J. McN Whistler', 'Miss Birnie Philip' and 'E979/ a/c 139-27' in an unknown hand

Portrait of a lady

Provenance

  • ca 1890: possibly owned by Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) .
  • ca 1955: bought by Alister Mathews (1907-1985), art dealer, Bournemouth;
  • In or after 1955: sold to Stewart Huston (d. 1971), Coatesville and Charlestown, NC.
  • 1988: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 30 September 1988 (lot 131) as 'Portrait of a Lady', and bought by a private collector.

If this was owned by Whistler's son, which is possible, then it could have been inherited by his wife Sarah Ann Hanson (b. 1874), née Murray, who died in 1944, and their son Adrian Charles Whistler Hanson (1902-1967).

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret