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Study for 'Portrait of Miss May Alexander'

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Painting
1873
Owner: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings
Whistler with White Lock

Whistler with White Lock

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Print
1879
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; the Ruth Bowman and Harry Kahn Twentieth-Century American Self-Portrait Collection

Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1870-71
Owner: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Baby Leland Reading

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1872-74
Owner: Freer Gallery of Art

Study for Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1871
Owner: Freer Gallery of Art

Study for Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1871
Owner: Freer Gallery of Art

Portrait of Baby Leland

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1872-74
Owner: Freer Gallery of Art

The Dancing Girl

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Painting
c. 1867
Owner: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery and Bedford Museum, Castle Close, Bedford

Study for 'The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland'

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1873-75
Owner: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings

Harmony in Flesh Colour and Red

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Painting
c. 1869
Owner: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Blue Girl

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1872-74
Owner: Freer Gallery of Art

The Leyland Girls

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1872-74
Owner: Freer Gallery of Art

Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander'

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1873-76
Owner: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings

Elinor Leyland

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
c. 1873
Owner: Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery

Study for 'Symphony in Flesh-colour and pink: Mrs F. R. Leyland'

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1871-1874
Owner: Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Seated Woman with Red Hair

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1870-73
Owner: National Gallery of Art

Frances Dawson Leyland

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
c. 1870
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Florence Leyland

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Painting
c. 1873
Owner: Portland Museum of Art

Miss Eleanor Leyland

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
c. 1879
Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch for 'Portrait of Miss Grace Alexander'

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1873-76
Owner: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings
The Chelsea Girl

The Chelsea Girl

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Painting
c. 1884-86
Owner: Private collection

Portrait Sketch of a Lady

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Painting
c. 1870
Owner: Freer Gallery of Art

Study for 'Portrait of Miss Leyland'

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
1873-76
Owner: British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings

Miss Elinor Leyland

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Drawing
c. 1875
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

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