James McNeill Whistler and Lemercier
Portrait Study: Miss Charlotte R. Williams
1891
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Physical Qualities
Crayon transfer lithograph, Sheet: 300 × 223 mm. (11 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.8313
Portrait of the Baltimorean Charlotte Carter Ritchie Williams (1861-1920), later Mrs. Walter Prescott Smith. Lucas arranged for Williams to have her portrait done by Whistler.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Way, Thomas R. The Lithographs by Whistler (New York: Kennedy & Co., 1914), p. 22, #149
Levy, Mervyn. Whistler Lithographs: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné (London: Jupiter Books, 1975), #76.
Stratis, Harriet K. and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), p. 201, #58.
Levy, Mervyn. Whistler Lithographs: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné (London: Jupiter Books, 1975), #76.
Stratis, Harriet K. and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), p. 201, #58.
Inscribed: Signed in crayon: lower right "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: lower right "Charlotte R. Williams"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
