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

 

M.1225
A masked woman

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46142
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 x 7 1/16" (279 x 180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

A masked woman

Sitter

A masked woman, The Hunterian
A masked woman, The Hunterian

Miss Birnie Philip, Whistler's sister-in-law, thought the model was one of the Pettigrew sisters: 'Hettie' – Bessie Pettigrew (b. 1869) – or Lilian Pettigrew (b. 1870) or Rose Amy Pettigrew (b. 1872) .

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret