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

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YMSM 128
Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 47.6 x 36.8 cm (18 3/4 x 14 1/2")
Signature: butterfly, now deleted
Inscription: none

Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander

Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander dates from 1872/1873. 1

Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander, Private Collection
Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander, Private Collection
Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander, Tate Britain
Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander, Tate Britain

This is a study of the head of Cicely Henrietta Alexander, in almost exactly the same pose as in the completed painting, Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander [YMSM 129], and is dated accordingly.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 128).

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