The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Florence Leyland in a purple dress dates from about 1873.

Florence Leyland in a purple dress, The Hunterian

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 524).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Florence Leyland in a purple dress, The Hunterian

Florence Leyland (1859-1921).

Technique

Composition

Florence Leyland in a purple dress, The Hunterian

Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland, Portland Museum of Art

Possibly an early design for a portrait. The final Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland y107, was completed many years later, from another model.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 524).

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, as far as is known, 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. 524) as 'Florence Leyland in a purple dress'.

Websites

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