Sketch of Mrs. Godwin's Portrait when hung at the Society of British Artists

1886/1887

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 20.2 × 12.5 cm (7 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8815

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 1995, no. 1127

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1995

  • MacDonald, Margaret F. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1995, no. 1127.

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: C(?). 980/2 (circled)

Markings

lower left verso in black ink: LRJ; lower left verso in blue ink: NGA/LRJ stamp

Watermarks

Shield w/ helmet, halberds, crossed above ribbon

Wikidata ID

Q64580658

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