The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

A long dress with a flounced hem dates from December 1888. It was drawn on a draft of an unrelated letter from Whistler to Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894) of The World on 18 December 1888. ¹

A long dress with a flounced hem, Glasgow University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1198).

Images

Subject

Sitter

A long dress with a flounced hem, Glasgow University Library

Possibly a portrait study, but the sitter has not been identified.

Technique

Conservation History

A long dress with a flounced hem, Glasgow University Library

On the fourth side of a folded sheet are two rough sketches showing a dress with gathers around the corsage and shoulder, a crisscross at the top of the arm, a fitted waist, and pleated hem. The sheet was folded into quarters for postage; the folds are rather dirty.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

There is no record of any exhibition.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1198) as 'A long dress with a flounced hem'.

Websites

• The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2004, GUW #07121.