The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0510
Elinor Leyland seated
Date
Elinor Leyland seated dates from about 1873.
Elinor Leyland seated, Private Collection
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 510).
Images
Elinor Leyland seated, Private Collection
Subject
Sitter
Elinor Leyland seated, Private Collection
Elinor Leyland (1861-1952).
Technique
Technique
Elinor Leyland seated, Private Collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 510).
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. 510) as 'Elinor Leyland seated'.
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.