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

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Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks

                Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, Philadelphia Museum of Art

                Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, photograph, 1892, Goupil Album, GUL Whistler PH5/2
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, photograph, 1892, Goupil Album, GUL Whistler PH5/2

                Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, in Мир искусства [Mir Iskusstva], vol. 9, 1903, repr. p. 68
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, in Мир искусства [Mir Iskusstva], vol. 9, 1903, repr. p. 68

                Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, framed
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, framed

                Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, frame detail
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, frame detail

                Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, frame detail
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, frame detail

                Sketch of 'Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks', Library of Congress
Sketch of 'Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks', Library of Congress

                Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen, Freer Gallery of Art
Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen, Freer Gallery of Art

The 1903 image in Mir Iskusstva has been touched up, making the woman's face thinner, with a pointed chin, and a hard outline. It was probably based on the 1892 Goupil photograph.

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