Art, literature & history
Study for "The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland"
c. 1879
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown ink, on cream pseudo-laid paper tipped onto cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 17.9 × 11.2 cm (7 1/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1921.124
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Study for "The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland". Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Study for "The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland" — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. c. 1879.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown ink, on cream pseudo-laid paper tipped onto cream wove paper. Dimensions: 17.9 × 11.2 cm (7 1/16 × 4 7/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.