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

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Portrait of a girl

Titles

Whistler's title is unknown, and only one title has been suggested, which is inaccurate:

  • 'Portrait of Annie Haden' (1900/1950). 1

'Portrait of a girl' is the preferred title.

Description


                    Portrait of a girl, press-cutting, n.d., Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Portrait of a girl, press-cutting, n.d., Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

A head and shoulders portrait of a young girl with long dark hair, wearing a big round hat.

Sitter

Not identified. It is not, as was suggested in a press-cutting cited above, Annie Harriet Haden (1848-1937).

Notes:

1: Unidentified press cutting, Artist files, Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Last updated: 16th October 2020 by Margaret