UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Fur Cloak - Mrs Herbert

Impression: Freer Gallery of Art
Freer Gallery of Art
(1893.24)
Number: 367
Date: 1887
Medium: drypoint
Size: 218 x 128 mm
Signed: no
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 2
Known impressions: 4
Catalogues: K.332; M.328; W.221
Impressions taken from this plate  (4)

KEYWORD

clothing, dress, fashion, full-length, fur, portrait, woman standing.

TITLE

There are two possible titles, sometimes combined, as follows:


'The Fur Cloak' (1887, Whistler). 3
'Mrs Herbert' (1887/1888, Whistler). 4
'Fur cloak' (1888/1890s, Whistler). 5
'Fur Cloak Mrs. H.' (1893, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 6
'The Fur Cloak ' (1899, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 7
'Herbert - Mrs The Fur Cloak' (1890/1892, Beatrice Whistler (1857-1896)). 8


The title 'The Fur Cloak - Mrs Herbert' is based on Beatrice Whistler's title, and on Whistler's earlier titles.

3: Whistler to T. McLean, 17 November 1887, GUW #13016.

4: Lists, [August 1887/1888] GUW #13233.

5: Written on Graphic with a link to impression #K3320202.

6: Kennedy to Whistler, 12 April 1893, GUW #07214.

7: Wedmore 1899 (cat. no. 221).

8: List, [1890/1892], GUW #12715.

DESCRIPTION

A full length portrait of a woman standing facing slightly to the left, wearing a heavy fur coat with a broad collar, against a shadowy background.

SITTER

Mrs Herbert has not been identified.

DISCUSSION

Portrait studies in which dress is the main element include The Little Hat [366], The Little Cloak [370] and The Japanese Dress [371]. Portraits showing women in furs include Maud, Standing [169], The Fur Tippet: Miss Lenoir [365] and The Busby [368].