The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 176
Portrait of a Young Girl
Date
Portrait of a Young Girl dates from 1876. 1
On 10 April 1876 the New York Herald recorded among Whistler's current works, 'the full sized portrait of a charming young girl, with hat resting coquettishly on one side of her head.' 2
Images
Portrait of a Young Girl, Whereabouts unknown
Subject
Titles
Only one title has been suggested:
- 'Portrait of a Young Girl' (1980, YMSM). 3
Description
On 10 April 1876 the New York Herald described it as 'the full sized portrait of a charming young girl, with hat resting coquettishly on one side of her head.'
Sitter
This could conceivably have been a portrait of Maud Franklin (1857-1939), possibly either Harmony in Black and Red y236 or Portrait of Maud Franklin y353, in which the model wears a hat. However, she was not really a 'young girl', being 19 years old.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
Frame
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- Unknown.
Exhibitions
- Unknown.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 176) as 'Portrait of a Young Girl'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- None.
Newspapers 1855-1905
- 'American Artists in London, What they have done for Philadelphia', New York Herald, New York, 10 April 1876, p. 5.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
Monographs
- None.
Books on Whistler
- None.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 176).
2: 'American Artists in London, What they have done for Philadelphia', New York Herald, New York, 10 April 1876, p. 5. Press cutting in GUL Whistler PC 2, p. 2.
3: YMSM 1980 [more](cat. no. 176).