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

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M.0436
Mrs Leyland

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1874
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 1943.623
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 11 1/8 x 7 1/8" (283 x 181 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: 'c-d' [?] in unknown hand; v.: '102'3 in unknown hand.

Mrs Leyland

Composition

Mrs Leyland, Fogg Art Museum
Mrs Leyland, Fogg Art Museum
Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick Collection
Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland, The Frick Collection

This is one of several studies related to Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [YMSM 106]. The dress has some rosettes, but there is no train falling from the shoulders, her body is in profile to right, and she turns to look at the viewer, in total contrast to the pose in the oil.

Last updated: 22nd February 2021 by Margaret