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

Home > Catalogue > Browse > Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth' <<   >>

Study for 'Arrangement in Black, No. 2: Portrait of Mrs Louis Huth'

Provenance

  • 1872: probably given to the sitter, Helen Rose Huth (1837-1924), later Mrs A. B. How;
  • 1924: bequeathed to her husband, Archibald Barwell How (1860-1947), of Exeter College, Oxford;
  • 1941: presented by A. B. How to the Ashmolean Museum.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 27th April 2021 by Margaret