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

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M.1527
The Green Cap

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1892, 1902
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1902.112a-c
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 7-7 1/16 x 10 3/4-10 7/8" (178-180 x 273-276 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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The Green Cap

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The Green Cap, Freer Gallery of Art
The Green Cap, Freer Gallery of Art

If it dates from 1892 it could have shown Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958), but it does not really look like her. If it was completed in the later 1890s, then Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979) is a more likely model.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret