A Lady wearing a hat with a feather | ||
Number: | 118 | |
Date: | 1873/1874 | |
Medium: | drypoint | |
Size: | 227 x 150 mm | |
Signed: | no | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 1 | |
Catalogues: | K.130; M.129 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (1) |
KEYWORD
clothing, dress, fashion, full-length, hat, model, portrait, woman standing.
TITLE
Whistler's original title is not known. Variations on the title include the following:
'Full Length Figure of a Lady, facing to the right in hat with feather' (1898, Wunderlich's). 2
'Full-length figure of a lady in hat with feather' (1902, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 3
'Lady Standing' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 4
'A Lady Wearing a Hat with a Feather' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 5
The preferred title is 'A Lady wearing a hat with a feather', which is simple and descriptive.
'Full Length Figure of a Lady, facing to the right in hat with feather' (1898, Wunderlich's). 2
'Full-length figure of a lady in hat with feather' (1902, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 3
'Lady Standing' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 4
'A Lady Wearing a Hat with a Feather' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 5
The preferred title is 'A Lady wearing a hat with a feather', which is simple and descriptive.
2: New York 1898 (cat. no. 295).
3: Kennedy 1902 (cat. no. 364).
4: Mansfield 1909 (cat. no. 129).
5: Kennedy 1910 (cat. no. 130).
DESCRIPTION
A young woman stands facing three-quarters right, her right arm hanging by her side, and her left arm resting upon a desk or chair to right. She wears a dark hat with a medium-sized brim, decorated with a white feather. Her dress has a long, fitted bodice and overskirt that is looped up at the back into a big 'bustle' or bow. The sleeves are fitted, and cut slightly low on the shoulder. There is a lace ruffle round the high neck. The background to left of her body and to right of her head is shaded with vertical lines.
SITTER
![Link to comparative image Comparative image](../../images/etch_t/c_K114_02.jpg)
Maud Franklin, 1880s, detail of photograph,
Library of Congress.
Probably Maud Franklin (1857- ca 1941). She started posing for Whistler for the final sittings for Symphony in Flesh Colour and Pink: Portrait of Mrs Frances Leyland [y106]. A later etching with a profile portrait of Maud Franklin in a less substantial hat and a dress with more frills is seen in Maud, Standing [169], which is reproduced below.
![Impression: K1140502 Impression: K1140502](../../images/etch_t/K1140502_001.jpg)