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

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YMSM 392
Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Whereabouts unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 49.5 x 29.8 cm (19 1/2 x 11 3/4")
Signature: none
Inscription: none
Frame: Grau, 1892

Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas

Technique

Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas, Whereabouts unknown
Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas, Whereabouts unknown

The face is painted thinly, with expressive brushstrokes, but much of the canvas is bare. Despite the lack of finish it appears very direct and fresh in colour.

Conservation History

Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas, photograph, 1980
Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas, photograph, 1980

Unknown.

Frame

Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas, frame
Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas, frame
Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas, frame, detail
Portrait of Miss Amy Brandon Thomas, frame, detail

A frame by Frederick Henry Grau (1859-1892), probably dating from 1892. 1

Notes:

1: Dr S. L. Parkerson Day, Report on frames, 2017; see also Parkerson 2007 [more] .

Last updated: 16th October 2020 by Margaret