Whistler

Sir Leslie Ward

Artist, British, 1851 - 1922

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 30.5 x 18.2 cm (12 x 7 3/16 in.)
    support: 52.6 x 38.7 cm (20 11/16 x 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.5.521

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 Jan 1949, lot 345); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkinton, PA; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James A. McNeil Whistler. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1995, 72, fig. 3:11.

Bibliography

1995

  • Denker, Eric. In Pursuit of the Butterfly: Portraits of James A. McNeil Whistler. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1995: 72, fig. 3:11.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: L Spy (pseudonym)

Wikidata ID

Q64631948

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