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

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YMSM 245
Portrait of M. R. Elden (3)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882/1884
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 29.2 x 22.2 cm (11 1/2 x 8 3/4")
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
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Portrait of M. R. Elden (3)

Technique

Portrait of M. R. Elden (3), Private collection
Portrait of M. R. Elden (3), Private collection

It was not finished, but just blocked in boldly with narrow angular brushstrokes.

Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin

The sketchy technique slightly resembles that in Whistler's Sketch Portrait of Walter Sickert [YMSM 350], painted in 1885/1886.

Conservation History

Unknown.

Frame

Unknown.

Last updated: 8th November 2019 by Margaret