Miss Cumberlege

1882

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a person depicted in sketch form. The person is seated in a relaxed position, with most of the upper body visible. Their facial features are outlined, with a gentle expression and short, cropped hair. They are wearing a long garment, likely a dress or robe, with dynamic sketch lines suggesting folds and texture. The surrounding environment is represented with sketchy lines, hinting at furniture or domestic objects in the background but without clear definition. There is a small, round object on a flat surface to the person's left. The sketched background consists of vertical and horizontal lines, evoking a sense of an interior setting but remaining abstract.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.7 × 15.5 cm (6 15/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8816

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 1995, no. 873

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. 873.

Inscriptions

center right butterfly signature; lower left verso: to be framed in the green gold-; lower right verso: Mr. Wheatley Frame Maker / 49. London St- / Fitzroy Sqr.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q64580659

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