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

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Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander

Titles

One title has been suggested:

  • 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander' (1980, YMSM). 1

Description


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

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

A pen drawing, Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander' [M.0507], shows a little girl in a short dress with dark bodice and stockings, seen full face, holding in front of her a large hat with a feather, and standing in front of draped curtains. Another pen drawing, Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander' [M.0506], is similar, but she is seen wearing the hat. She stands in front of a curtain. The canvas would have been in vertical format.

Sitter

Grace Alexander was born in 1867, the youngest daughter of the London banker William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) and Rachel Agnes Alexander née Lucas.

Whistler painted Grace's older sisters, Cicely and May (Miss May Alexander [YMSM 127] Study for the Head of Miss Cicely H. Alexander [YMSM 128], Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander [YMSM 129]) in 1872-1873.

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 130).

Last updated: 13th May 2021 by Margaret