James McNeill Whistler
Fashion plate
La mode pratique, no 39, 3e année, 1894. "Robe de diner en soie brochée vert pâle ...; Robe de veloutine anémone garnie de velours ... Modèles de Mme Moslard. Librairie Hachette & Cie. Phototypie Berthaud." Coloured lithograph of 2 fashion models, Paris.
This is one of several fashion-related items which belonged to Whistler, who was an occasional designer of dresses; it is currently on display at the Frick Collection, New York, as part of the exhibition Whistler, women and fashion.
Image courtesy Glasgow University Library Special Collections Department.