The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1496
A girl seated wearing a pinafore
Date
A girl seated wearing a pinafore dates from about 1897.
A girl seated wearing a pinafore, The Hunterian
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1496).
Images
A girl seated wearing a pinafore, The Hunterian
Subject
Sitter
A girl seated wearing a pinafore, The Hunterian
Possibly Lilian ('Lily') Pamington (b. 1887/1888).
Technique
Technique
A girl seated wearing a pinafore, The Hunterian
The girl was drawn in chalk, tinted with muted shades of colour. The dress was drawn with angular lines, and shaded with diagonal lines.
Conservation History
The board bought from Holland has brown paper on both sides, but was only drawn on the one side. The paper is a dull dark brown paper with stalk-fragments and long fibres, and a vertical grain.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1958: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited 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. 1496) as 'A girl seated wearing a pinafore'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.