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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 .

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

7: Wedmore 1899[more] (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.