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

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Mrs Leyland, standing, holding a book

Provenance

  • 1908: one of four drawings out of eleven sent by Obach, London art dealers, and bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit, on 13 October 1908 (31 December 1908, voucher No. 43, FGA);
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

By the terms of C. L. Freer's will, this drawing can not be lent to other venues.

Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret