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

 

M.0337
Nelly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1866/1870
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 011.2006
Medium: pencil
Support: blue paper
Size: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (216 x 140 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Nelly. -'

Nelly

Sitter

Nelly, Colby College Museum of Art
Nelly, Colby College Museum of Art

Helen ('Nellie') Euphrosyne Whistler (1849-1917) , then Miss Ionides. In 1877 she married Whistler's brother William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900).

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret