The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Woman seen from the side dates from about 1887. It is mounted in an album with other drawings acquired by Whistler's son Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) (see Ship m1146).

Woman seen from the side, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1151).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Woman seen from the side, The Hunterian

Not identified. The same woman appears in r.: A woman; v.: Indecipherable, by an unknown hand m1149, r.: Woman, seen from the back; v.: Indecipherable, by an unknown hand m1150, and r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes; v.: Tall woman and small man m1152.

Technique

Technique

Woman seen from the side, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1151).

Conservation History

This is one of several drawings that were bound into an album, possibly by the Redfern Gallery, London, ca 1950.

History

Provenance

• 1890s: acquired, probably from the artist, by his son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935).
• 1952: bought from the Redfern Gallery, London, by the Hunterian Art Gallery.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1151) as 'Woman seen from the side'.

Websites

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