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

 

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Aunt Alicia; v.: Profile of Aunt Alicia

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1844
Collection: Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY
Accession Number: 1953-186-17-1,2
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 1/16 x 4 1/8" (128 x 105 mm)
Signature: 'James to Aunty Kate. -'
Inscription: '1844' in unknown hand, and see above

Aunt Alicia; v.: Profile of Aunt Alicia

Sitter

r: Aunt Alicia, Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY
r: Aunt Alicia, Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY
History of drawing, written by Katherine S. Dreier, Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY
History of drawing, written by Katherine S. Dreier, Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY

Alicia Margaret Caroline McNeill (1786-1863) was one of the two older half-sisters of Whistler's mother. She was the sitter, and not 'Aunt Kate', as the document reproduced above states.

Last updated: 12th December 2018 by Margaret