The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0369
Study for 'Tillie: A Model'

Study for 'Tillie: A Model'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1870/1873
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46030
Medium: chalk
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 11 7/8 x 7 15/16" (301 x 201 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

Date

Study for 'Tillie: A Model' dates from 1870/1873. It is dated from the signature.

Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian
Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 369).

Images

Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian
Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian

The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

Subject

Sitter

Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian
Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian

Matilda Maria Gilchrist née Potter (1826-1886).

She posed for the etching Tillie: A Model [113] and probably for the figure at left in The White Symphony: Three Girls y087 and The Three Girls y088.

Technique

Composition

Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian
Study for 'Tillie: A Model', The Hunterian

The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art
The White Symphony: Three Girls, Freer Gallery of Art

This may be a study for the etching Tillie: A Model [113] and is closely related to the figure at left in The White Symphony: Three Girls y087 and The Three Girls y088, and to another drawing, Tillie: Study in Pink and Mauve m0370.

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 369).

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's gift to the University, the drawing can not be lent to other venues.

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