The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0509
Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland
Date
Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland dates from about 1873.
Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland, Private Collection
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 509).
Images
Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland, Private Collection
Subject
Sitter
Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland, Private Collection
Florence Leyland (1859-1921).
This drawing is not related to Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland y107, painted several years later.
Technique
Technique
Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland, Private Collection
See discussion in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 509).
History
Provenance
- 1870s: given to the sitter's mother, Frances Leyland (1834-1910);
- By 1995: passed by family descent to the present owner.
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 509) as 'Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland'.
Books on Whistler
Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 2, repr. f.p. 128.