The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Head of Florence Leyland dates from about 1873.

Head of Florence Leyland, The Hunterian

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 526).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Head of Florence Leyland, The Hunterian

Florence Leyland (1859-1921).

Technique

Technique

Head of Florence Leyland, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 526).

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

• 1874: possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 1, 2 or 22) as 'Head - Portrait' or (8) as 'Head.'

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. 526) as 'Head of Florence Leyland'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Possibly Mr Whistler's Exhibition, Flemish Gallery, 48 Pall Mall, London, 1874 (cat. no. 1, 2 or 22) as 'Head - Portrait' or (8) as 'Head.'

Websites

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