An Unfinished Sketch of Lady Haden / James McNeill Whistler

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Accession Number
1973/1.735
Title
An Unfinished Sketch of Lady Haden
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Object Creation Date
1895
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Inscription
On the stone, u.l.: Butterfly monogram
Dimensions
40.5 cm x 26.9 cm (15 15/16 in. x 10 9/16 in.)
Century
19th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Physical Description
An older woman is shown seated against an undifferentiated background. She has a dark hat on and is sitting facing towards the right, although her head, tilted on an angle, faces the viewer. Most of the figure is drawn with cursory attention, but the face is very delicately but fully modeled.
Subject Matter
The sitter is Whistler half-sister, Deborah Delano Haden, née Whistler, the wife of Whistler's early mentor and later nemesis, Francis Seymour Haden. In the early years of Whistler's association with Haden, Whistler frequently drew the Haden children but after Whistler's rupture with Haden in 1867, Deborah was forbidden to see any of her family, many of whom resided in London. Whistler and his family were forced to resort to subterfuge in order to see Deborah. Haden received a knighthood in 1894; this tender portrait shows Whistler's sister at the age of 70.
Primary Keywords
seated
sitting
sketches
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Record
1973/1.735
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"An Unfinished Sketch of Lady Haden; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1973-sl-1.735/1973_1.735.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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