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

 

YMSM 473
Portrait of Alexander Arnold Hannay

Date: 1896/1900
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.11.7
Medium: oil
Support: wood
Size: 22.3 x 13.3 cm (8 3/4 x 5 ¼")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Portrait of Alexander Arnold Hannay

Portrait of Alexander Arnold Hannay probably dates from the late 1890s.

Portrait of Alexander Arnold Hannay, National Gallery of Art
Portrait of Alexander Arnold Hannay, National Gallery of Art

The Pennells suggest a date of about 1896: this fits with the technique but the butterfly signature suggests a slightly later date. 1

Notes:

1: Pennell 1908 [more] , vol. 2, p. 172. YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 473).

Last updated: 18th October 2020 by Margaret