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

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YMSM 443
The Little Nurse: Lyme Regis

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1904.74a-b
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 126 x 217 mm (5 x 8 1/2")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

The Little Nurse: Lyme Regis

The Little Nurse: Lyme Regis was painted in 1895.

The Little Nurse: Lyme Regis, Freer Gallery of Art
The Little Nurse: Lyme Regis, Freer Gallery of Art

According to Whistler, it was painted at Lyme Regis, Dorset, where he stayed in September and November 1895. 1

Notes:

1: J. J. Cowan to Whistler, 'House front see rough sketch', annotated by Whistler 'Lyme Regis', 25-6 February 1901, GUW #00743. YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 443).

Last updated: 25th October 2020 by Margaret