The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1152
r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes; v.: Tall woman and small man
Date
r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes; v.: Tall woman and small man, dates from about 1887. The sheet is mounted in an album with other drawings acquired by Whistler's son Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) (see Ship m1146).
r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes, The Hunterian
The drawings on the verso may be by Hanson.
v.: Anon., Tall woman and small man, The Hunterian
They are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1152).
Images
r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes, The Hunterian
v.: Anon., Tall woman and small man, The Hunterian
Subject
Sitter
r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes, 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 the drawing under discussiom here, r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes; v.: Tall woman and small man m1152.
Technique
Technique
r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes, The Hunterian
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1152).
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. 1152) as 'r.: Woman wearing a dress with epaulettes; v.: Tall woman and small man'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.