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

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M.1276
The Baby's Promenade

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46152
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 3/4 x 7 3/16" (274 x 182-184 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

The Baby's Promenade

Composition

The Baby's Promenade, The Hunterian
The Baby's Promenade, The Hunterian

On 6 June 1915, the Observer critic wrote: 'in general design and in the woman's pose contains a clear echo of Botticelli's famous "Abundance" at the British Museum', but thought it less effective in 'indicating the sinuosities of the figure' than La Jeunesse [M.1380].

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1276).

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret