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Princess depicts a European woman wearing a kimono worn in a Western manner, standing amidst numerous Asian art objects, including a rug, Japanese folding screen and a large decorative porcelain vase. She holds a hand fan and looks ahead "wistfully". The entirety is rendered in an impressionistic manner. The painting‘s frame is decorated with a similar motif to the painting, with interlocking circles and numerous rectangles.At the time Whistler painted Princess, he often used large amounts of gold in his work, such as in his similarly themed Caprice in Purple and Gold No.2: The Gold Screen. Although the painting itself does not include gold or gold pigments, its yellow and ochre shades complement the gold and blue interior of its original setting while displayed at the home of British shipping magnate Frederick Leyland.
shipping magnate Japanese folding screen pigments ochre impressionistic hand fan motif Frederick Leyland kimono folding screen