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

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Miss Cumberlege

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8816
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 6 15/16 x 6 1/8" (177 x 155 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'to be framed in the green gold - / Mr Wheatley Frame Maker / 49. London St - / Fitzroy Sqr -'
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Miss Cumberlege

Miss Cumberlege was drawn in September 1882 at the house of George Fletcher Esq., Lancrigg, Grasmere, and given by Whistler to the sitter, Miss G. F. B. Cumberlege. 1

Miss Cumberlege, National Gallery of Art, DC
Miss Cumberlege, National Gallery of Art, DC

The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 873).

Notes:

1: Christie's, London, 16 July 1926 (lot 52a).

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