Lady standing |  Yale University Art Gallery (1960.46.73) | |
| Number: | 149 | |
| Date: | 1875/1878 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 292 x 202 mm | |
| Signed: | n/a | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
KEYWORD
clothing, dress, fashion, model, portrait, woman standing.
TITLE
Whistler's original title is not known, and a descriptive title has been chosen:
Lady Standing (2011, Whistler Etching Project).
Lady Standing (2011, Whistler Etching Project).
DESCRIPTION
A woman is standing, in profile to right. Her hair is pulled up into a bun. Her dress has narrow sleeves, a close-fitting bodice and a skirt gathered at the back below her hips and falling into a short train to left.
SITTER
Not identified. Possibly Maud Franklin (1857- ca 1941) or Alice Fay Greaves (b. 1852).