The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0501
Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland'

Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1876
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-6
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: cream laid paper, laid down
Size: 3 7/8-4 x 1 15/16" (99-101 x 50 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Date

Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland' dates from between 1873 and 1876.

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

The drawing was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 501).

Images

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

Subject

Sitter

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

Possibly a study of Fanny Leyland (1857-1880), though she was not necessarily posing for it.

Technique

Composition

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

Probably a study for Portrait of Miss Leyland (2) y110, a portrait that was not, as far as is known, completed.

Conservation History

The drawing was placed in an album.

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés


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