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

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Study in Blue, Pink and Gold

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                    Study in Blue, Pink and Gold, Colby College Museum of Art
Study in Blue, Pink and Gold, Colby College Museum of Art

A standing figure of a woman in transparent robe, turned to the left but facing the viewer. Her left arm is raised almost to her shoulder, holding a short slender branch. Her right hand reaches out in front of her and a white line suggests she is holding something. Her features are barely visible. She has a pink ribbon round her hair, a yellow ribbon under her breasts, and a yellow ribbon or bracelet round her left wrist. There are faint horizontal lines behind her head, and to right of her shoulder (possibly a parasol).

Sitter

Bassano Ltd, Eva Carrington, Lady de Clifford, later Mrs Tate, 1913, National Portrait Gallery x80113
Bassano Ltd, Eva Carrington, Lady de Clifford, later Mrs Tate, 1913, National Portrait Gallery x80113

Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979) . She and her sister Gladys Winifred Carrington (1889-1940) modelled for several Whistler pastels, including Eva and Gladys Carrington seated on a sofa [M.1528], and oils including Flesh Colour and Silver: The Card Players [YMSM 496]. Tall, beautiful and acrobatic, she became a dancer and actress. In Dublin in 1905, while starring as a Gibson Girl in The Catch of the Season with Seymour Hick's company, she met her first husband Jack Southwell Russell (1884-1909), 25th Baron de Clifford, becoming Lady de Clifford.

Last updated: 25th May 2021 by Margaret