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Arrangement in Black No. 8: Portrait of Mrs Cassatt

Drawing
1885 (made)
Artist/Maker
Walter Sickert (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Sketch after Whistler's 1885 "Arrangement in Black No. 8: Portrait of Mrs Cassatt".


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleArrangement in Black No. 8: Portrait of Mrs Cassatt (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink.
Watercolour
Drawing
Brief description
Walter Sickert. Sketch after Whistler's 1885 "Arrangement in Black No. 8: Portrait of Mrs Cassatt". Pen and ink.
Physical description
Sketch after Whistler's 1885 "Arrangement in Black No. 8: Portrait of Mrs Cassatt".
Dimensions
  • Image height: 121mm
  • Image width: 69mm
  • Sheet height: 128mm
  • Sheet width: 101mm
From catalogue: 5 x 2.875 inches
Credit line
Given by Dr. Percy E. Spielmann.
Subject depicted
Lois Cassatt
Association
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1949, London: HMSO, 1961.
  • See Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 250), plate 172, as 'Arrangement in Black, No. 8: Portrait of Mrs Cassatt'.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.829-1949

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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