Skip to main content

Studies of Rosettes: PD.72-1959

An image of Drawing
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Studies of Rosettes

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell; C.J. Knowles; Mrs Loyse Knowles

Measurements and weight

Height: 285 mm
Width: 185 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1959) by Knowles, Guy John Fenton

Dating

1870s
1871 - 1874

School or Style

American

Materials used in production

White chalk
Black chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Black and white chalk on brown paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Rosette pour la / taille / Rosette / pour le devant de / la robe - / la conserver (?) bien / platté / pour l'aigrette
  • Location: Recto
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: S9225
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: lo
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: O / PW - Whistler
  • Location: Frame, verso
  • Method of creation: MS label, ink

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.72-1959
Primary reference Number: 14372

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Studies of Rosettes" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14372 Accessed: 2025-12-05 09:46:47

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14372 |title=Studies of Rosettes |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-05 09:46:47|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-14372

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp76/pd_72_1959_20140123_mfj22_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Studies of Rosettes"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Studies of Rosettes</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo