The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Portrait of a girl dates from between 1885 and 1898. It is known only from an undated, unidentified, press cutting. ¹

Portrait of a girl, press-cutting, n.d., Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

It is dated from its apparent similarity (as far as one can judge from a small newspaper photograph) to such paintings as Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel y321 and Portrait of William M. Chase y322.

Images

Subject

Titles

Whistler's title is unknown, and only one title has been suggested, which is inaccurate:

• 'Portrait of Annie Haden' (1900/1950). ²

'Portrait of a girl' is the preferred title.

Description

Portrait of a girl, press-cutting, n.d., Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

A head and shoulders portrait of a young girl with long dark hair, wearing a big round hat.

Sitter

Not identified. It is not, as was suggested in a press-cutting cited above, Annie Harriet Haden (1848-1937).

Technique

Technique

Portrait of a girl, press-cutting, n.d., Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

It appears to have been painted freely and fluently, with the head emerging fully from a dark background.

Conservation History

Unknown. Nothing is known of its history.

Frame

Unknown.

History

Provenance

Nothing is known of its provenance.

Exhibitions

Nothing is known of its exhibition history.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• None.

Authored by Whistler

• None.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• None.

Journals 1855-1905

• None.

Monographs

• None.

Books on Whistler

• None.

Books, General

• None.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• None.

Journals 1906-Present

• None.

Websites

• None.

Unpublished

• None.

Other

• None.