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

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YMSM 417
Miss Ethel Philip Reading

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46368
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 21.2 x 12.7 cm (8 3/8 x 5")
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Miss Ethel Philip Reading

Miss Ethel Philip Reading dates from about 1894. 1

Miss Ethel Philip Reading, The Hunterian
Miss Ethel Philip Reading, The Hunterian

It was painted in Whistler's drawing room at 110 rue du Bac in Paris about 1894, according to a label on the verso, written by Harold Wright (1885-1961), probably on information provided by Whistler's sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) .

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 417).

Last updated: 22nd October 2020 by Margaret