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

 

M.0538
At the piano

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1875
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1927.5886
Medium: chalk
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 6 7/8 x 4 3/8" (175 x 112 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'This drawing by J. McN. Whistler was done in chalk as a study for the drypoint "The Piano"/ Ernest G. Brown' in E. G. Brown's hand; stamp 'CD' (Charles Deering)

At the piano

Sitter

At the piano, Art Institute of Chicago
At the piano, Art Institute of Chicago

Alice Fay Greaves (1852-1921) . Joseph Pennell (1860-1926), who saw it in 1913, and William Marchant, in 1918, identified it as Miss Greaves.

Last updated: 11th December 2020 by Margaret