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

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YMSM 189
Portrait of Lady Redesdale

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1876/1878
Collection: Whereabouts unknown, possibly destroyed
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: unknown
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Portrait of Lady Redesdale

Technique

Unknown.

Conservation History

It was 'slashed to pieces' by the artist, according to the Pennells, and 'cut to ribbons', according to Lord Redesdale. 1

Frame

Unknown.

Notes:

1: Pennell 1908 [more] , vol. 1, p. 201; Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Memories, London, 1915, vol. 2, p. 646.

Last updated: 12th November 2019 by Margaret