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

 

M.0497
Sketch of Maud

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 1943.3.8822
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: beige paper, partial watermark '...NSON / ...872'
Size: 7 x 4 3/8" (178 x 111 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'To / S. P. Avery - / Sunday June 22. 1873. / Wind S. by S. W.' v.: 'LJR' (Lessing J. Rosenwald) stamp

Sketch of Maud

Sitter

Sketch of Maud, National Gallery of Art, DC
Sketch of Maud, National Gallery of Art, DC

This may be Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941) , but the identification is not certain. If so it is the first dated portrait of her.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret