The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Elinor Leyland dates from between 1873 and 1874.

Elinor Leyland, British Museum

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 511).

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Subject

Sitter

Elinor Leyland, British Museum

Elinor Leyland (1861-1952).

Technique

Conservation History

The drawing was put in an album.

History

Provenance

• 1870s: acquired by William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916);

• 1916: passed to his daughters Rachel Alexander (1875-1964) and Jean Ingelow Alexander (1877-1972);
• 1958: given by them to the British Museum.

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. 511) as 'Elinor Leyland'.