Technique

Portrait of Maud Franklin, photograph, Library of Congress

The photograph reproduced by the Pennells is the sole record of this painting. 1 The photograph gives the proportions for the canvas. Assuming it to have been life-size, these proportions would correspond to a canvas of ca 191 x 90 cm (75 x 35 ½").

It was very freely painted with thin paint and a broad brush. The paint has actually dripped over the skirt on her hip at right.

Conservation History

It was probably destroyed by the artist. There appear to be several long diagonal; scratches at right. It may have been destroyed at the time of Whistler's bankruptcy in 1879.

Frame

Unknown.