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

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M.1371
A girl carrying a bowl on her head

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893/1895
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46179
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 10 13/16 x 7 1/16" (274 x 179 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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A girl carrying a bowl on her head

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A girl carrying a bowl on her head, The Hunterian
A girl carrying a bowl on her head, The Hunterian

The model resembles the young woman in Girl with arms crossed [M.1372]A girl in a green toga [M.1373]. Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) thought she was Ethel Warwick (1882-1951), but her face is more rounded than Warwick's long features.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret