Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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r.: Nelly; v.: Child

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1866/1869
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.158
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 6 9/16 x 3 7/8" (167 x 99 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r: 'Nelly -' by Whistler; v: Nelly.', in an unknown hand
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r.: Nelly; v.: Child

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r.: Nelly, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Nelly, Freer Gallery of Art

Helen ('Nellie') Euphrosyne Whistler (1849-1917), then Miss Ionides. In 1877 she married Whistler's brother William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900).

Last updated: 17th February 2021 by Margaret