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

 

M.0507
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1873/1876
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-2-8-8
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream wove paper, laid down on paper in album
Size: 3 1/4-3 5/16 x 1 5/8" (83-85 x 42 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander'

Composition

Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander', British Museum
Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander', British Museum

This is a study for a projected Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander [YMSM 130].

Conservation History

The drawing was placed in an album.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret