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

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YMSM 133
Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle (1)

Artist: Formerly attributed to James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: private collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 36.0 x 51.0 cm (14 1/4 x 20")
Signature: unsigned
Inscription: unknown

Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle (1)

Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle (1) may date from between 1872 and 1873. 1

Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle, Private collection
Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle, Private collection

It is dated from its relationship to Whistler's completed portrait, Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle [YMSM 137], but is more likely to be by Walter Greaves (1846-1930).

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] , cat. no. 133.

Last updated: 21st October 2020 by Margaret