The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Portrait sketch dates from 1883/1885.

Portrait sketch, Private Collection

This work is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 930).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Portrait sketch, Private Collection

This is not, as has been said, a portrait of Connie Gilchrist (1864-1946); it might represent Millie Finch (fl. 1875-1885).

Technique

Technique

Portrait sketch, Private Collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 930).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955: sold by her to Colnaghi's, London dealers (A/c #21176);
• 1955: bought by Edward Brian Seago (1910-1974), Norfolk;
• 1974: bequeathed to Peter Seymour (fl. 1952) and passed on his death to his widow.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition 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. 930) as 'Portrait sketch'.