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

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M.0502
Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1874
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-5
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper, laid down
Size: 3 13/16 x 2 1/8" (97-99 x 54 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland'

Composition

Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland', British Museum
Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland', British Museum

This was probably a study for Portrait of Miss Leyland (1) [YMSM 109], which was not completed.

Conservation History

The drawing was placed in an album.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret