Woman with a Fan

James McNeill Whistler, 1873/1875

The image shows a sketch of a person in a three-quarter view facing left. The individual has their arms crossed or holding something close to the chest. The head is turned away, with hair gathered in a bun. The… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: James McNeill Whistler ¹
Date: 1873/1875 ¹
Medium: black crayon heightened with white (chalk?) on brown paper ¹
Original: 3,114 × 5,082 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

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