The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 311
Portrait of a Girl
Date
Portrait of a Girl dates from 1884. 1
According to The Whitehall Review, Whistler was at work on a 'life size portrait of a pretty girl in a delightful dress of white and scarlet' in his studio in June 1884. 2
Images
Portrait of a Girl, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Whistler's title is not known; there is one known title:
- 'Portrait of a Girl' (1980, YMSM). 3
Description
Described by The Whitehall Review as a 'life size portrait of a pretty girl in a delightful dress of white and scarlet.' 4
Sitter
Unknown.
Technique
Technique
Unknown, except that if it was indeed life size, it must have been on canvas.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- There is no record of its history.
Exhibitions
- No exhibition is known.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 311) as 'Portrait of a Girl'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- None.
Journals 1855-1905
- The Whitehall Review, 29 June 1884.
Monographs
- None.
Books on Whistler
- None.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 311).
2: 29 June 1884; press cutting in GUL Whistler PC 6, p. 12.
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 311).
4: 29 June 1884; press cutting in GUL Whistler PC 6, p. 12.