The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Elinor Leyland seated reading dates from 1873/1874.

Elinor Leyland seated reading, The Hunterian

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 513).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Elinor Leyland seated reading, The Hunterian

Elinor Leyland (1861-1952).

Technique

Technique

Elinor Leyland seated reading, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 513).

History

Provenance

• 1903: In Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Due to the conditions of Miss Birnie Philip's gift to the University of Glasgow, the drawing can not be exhibited elsewhere.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 513) as 'Elinor Leyland seated reading'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.