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The image is a sketch of a woman seated in a chair. She is shown in a side view with her body slightly turned to the left. The woman is wearing a hat with decorative elements, and her hair is pulled back. She is dressed in a long dress with puffed sleeves and a light-colored or elaborate area over the chest. Her hands are resting in her lap, and she appears composed. The background is simple and undetailed.
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The image is a sketch of a woman seated in a chair. She is shown in a side view with her body slightly turned to the left. The woman is wearing a hat with decorative elements, and her hair is pulled back. She is dressed in a long dress with puffed sleeves and a light-colored or elaborate area over the chest. Her hands are resting in her lap, and she appears composed. The background is simple and undetailed.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Portrait: Mildred Howells

James McNeill Whistler

Date
1894/1896
Medium
lithograph in black on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 22.6 × 15.6 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.) sheet: 32.3 × 20.7 cm (12 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.8735
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Seated figure
  • Woman
  • Chair
  • Hat
  • Portrait
Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

NGA object ID 11232. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.