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

 

M.0867
Girl reading in bed

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 27.5877
Medium: pen, dark brown ink and pencil
Support: pink wove paper
Size: 4 7/16 x 7 1/8" (113 x 181 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'By Whistler / 9" margin white / 3/4 white [illeg.] / as it is / 11 1/2 x 9 / 27.5877 R3672 / 8' in unknown hands

Girl reading in bed

Sitter

Girl reading in bed, Art Institute of Chicago
Girl reading in bed, Art Institute of Chicago

Possibly Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941) , Whistler's partner and chief model, who apparently was in ill health for some time, and possibly pregnant or recovering from childbirth.

Last updated: 11th December 2020 by Margaret