Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1874 Collection: British Museum, London Accession Number: 1958-2-8-4 Medium: pen and dark brown ink Support: cream laid paper with partial watermark 'N' and embossed monogram 'FRL'
[F.R.Leyland] Size: 4 3/8 x 7 1/16" (112 x 180 mm) Signature: 'J A McN Whistler.' on letter Inscription: [letter, p. 5: ] '... I think it would be charming to paint May with the hat on, the
feather swooping grandly away! - I dont exactly know how - but they will manage it. - [drawing] And
now, ... I would offer to inflict myself upon Aubrey House for a week or so, and get at the
picture every morning! The habit will be black I suppose - and the hat black felt or grey with white
feather and black arrangement - ...'
