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[beginning of page 167] JAMES ABBOT McNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903) PORTRAIT OF ROSA CORDER Canvas, 35 1/2 inches by 76 inches initial: FULL length, life size, standing figure with her back towards the spectator, her body turned to the right and her face seen in profile. Her light brown hair is tightly coiled. She wears a black dress and a black coat, edged with fur, with white showing at the neck and down the front. Her right hand, hanging at her side, holds a brown felt hat with flowing brown feather. The background is dark, almost black; the floor is gray-brown. Mentioned in Bryan's Dict. of Painters and Engravers.