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

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YMSM 134
Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle (2)

Artist: J. McN. Whistler, possibly reworked by Walter Greaves
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Whereabouts unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 37 x 22.5 cm (14 1/2 x 8 7/8")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: unknown

Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle (2)

Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle (2) dates from between 1872 and 1873. 1

Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle (2), private collection
Sketch for the Portrait of Carlyle (2), private collection

It is dated from its relationship to the completed portrait, Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle [YMSM 137].

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] ( cat. no. 134).

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