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

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M.1274
r.: The Fortune Teller; v.: A nude lying on a sofa

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1892
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46150
Medium: r.: charcoal and pastel, v.: charcoal
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 11 3/16 x 7 3/16" (277 x 183 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

r.: The Fortune Teller; v.: A nude lying on a sofa

Sitter

The Fortune Teller, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
The Fortune Teller, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) told Harold Wright (1885-1961) of Colnaghi's that the model was one of the Pettigrew sisters, Bessie Pettigrew (b. 1869) , Lilian Pettigrew (b. 1870) or Rose Amy Pettigrew (b. 1872) .

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret