The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

YMSM 194
Maud Franklin

Maud Franklin

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1877
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: ca 178 x 95 cm (75 x 37")
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Date

Maud Franklin dates from 1877. 1

E. W. Godwin, Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963
E. W. Godwin, Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963

At some time between 8 May and 14 August 1877 the architect Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) made a drawing of Whistler at work on a full-length portrait of Maud Franklin (1857-1939). 2 Nothing further is known of this portrait.

Images

Maud Franklin, Whereabouts Unknown
Maud Franklin, Whereabouts Unknown

E. W. Godwin, Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963
E. W. Godwin, Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963

E. W. Godwin, Whistler painting Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963
E. W. Godwin, Whistler painting Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963

Subject

Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

Description

E. W. Godwin, Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963
E. W. Godwin, Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963

A drawing by Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) in a sketchbook shows Maud Franklin posing: she is seen from the back, with her hands behind her back, and her head in profile right. Her hair is pulled back into a bun and she has a fringe. Her dress has a high neck with a small ruffle, in a light colour, set against a dark background.

E. W. Godwin, Whistler panting Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963
E. W. Godwin, Whistler panting Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963

From another sketch, showing Whistler painting, it appears that the portrait was a full-length canvas. 4 Thus it may have measured roughly 178 x 95 cm (75 x 37").

Sitter

Maud Franklin (1857-1939), Whistler's mistress and chief model from the mid-1870s-1880s.

Technique

Technique

E. W. Godwin, Whistler panting Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963
E. W. Godwin, Whistler panting Maud Franklin, pencil, sketchbook, Victoria and Albert Museum, E. 244-1963

It was painted on a full length canvas.

Conservation History

Unknown.

History

Provenance

Unknown.

Exhibitions

Unknown.

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Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 194).

2: Sketchbook, Victoria & Albert Museum, E.244-1963, p. 13, page size, 5 ¾ x 3 ¼", 146 x 82 mm.

3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 194).

4: Drawing, 14.6 x 8.2 cm, Sketchbook, Victoria & Albert Museum, E. 244-1963, p. 13.