The Daughter of the Concierge probably dates from 1894 or 1895. 1

The Daughter of the Concierge, Worcester Art Museum

According to dealers' records, it was in Glasgow in 1894. 2 The technique and butterfly signature fits with this date.

The painter Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) thought he remembered seeing a picture, possibly this, being painted in London by Whistler in the studio of Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) in 1895. 3

C. H. Sawyer commented :

'The Daughter of the Concierge is strongly reminiscent of [The Master Smith of Lyme Regis [YMSM 450]] and was probably painted in the early nineties. Its extremely gentle gradations of tone make it seem to the modern eye almost monochromatic and suggest the complete withdrawal of the artist into the domain of his own limited aesthetic.' 4