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

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Head of Mrs Beaumont

Head of Mrs Beaumont dates from late 1894 or 1895. 1


                Head of Mrs Beaumont, Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum
Head of Mrs Beaumont, Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum

According to Christie's, it was painted in the studio of Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) at 13 Robert Street when Whistler was living at Long's Hotel in London in late 1894 or early 1895. 2

In 1900 Sickert wrote to Florence Pash Humphrey Holland (1860-1951) asking if she had 'taken care for me' a canvas 'of the pretty art student wife of a curate ... [which] Whistler in a then fit of good humour said I could have.' 3

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 430).

2: Christie's, London, 6 July 1928 (lot 117).

3: Islington Public Library.

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