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

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YMSM 136
Study for the Head of Carlyle

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Accession Number: 77.41
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 59.7 x 44.5 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/2")
Signature: unsigned
Inscription: none

Study for the Head of Carlyle

Study for the Head of Carlyle dates from between 1872 and 1873. 1

Study for the Head of Carlyle, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Study for the Head of Carlyle, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

It is a study for Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle [YMSM 137], which is so dated.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 136).

Last updated: 19th November 2019 by Margaret