The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0507
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander'
Date
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander' dates from between 1873 and 1876.
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander', British Museum
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 507).
Images
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander', British Museum
Subject
Sitter
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander', British Museum
Grace Lister Alexander (1867-1959);
Technique
Composition
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander', British Museum
This is a study for a projected Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander y130.
Conservation History
The drawing was placed in an album.
History
Provenance
- 1870s: given to the sitter's father William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) or mother, Rachel Agnes Lucas (Mrs W. C. Alexander) (1837-1900);
- 1916: passed to their daughters Rachel Alexander (1875-1964) and Jean Ingelow Alexander (1877-1972);
- 1958: given by them to the British Museum.
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 507) as "Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander' ".
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 130).