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

 

M.0338
Nelly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1867/1870
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.159
Medium: chalk
Support: blue laid paper, tipped down
Size: 8 7/16 x 5 9/16" (214 x 142 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Nelly

Sitter

Nelly, Freer Gallery of Art
Nelly, Freer Gallery 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: 17th February 2021 by Margaret