Head of Mrs Beaumont dates from late 1894 or 1895. 1

Head of Mrs Beaumont, Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum

According to Christie's, it was painted in the studio of Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) at 13 Robert Street when Whistler was living at Long's Hotel in London in late 1894 or early 1895. 2

In 1900 Sickert wrote to Florence Pash Humphrey Holland (1860-1951) asking if she had 'taken care for me' a canvas 'of the pretty art student wife of a curate ... [which] Whistler in a then fit of good humour said I could have.' 3