Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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r.: A fiddler playing, men dancing; v.: men dancing

Provenance

  • 1850/1851: given to Whistler's teacher, Revd Dr Roswell Park (1807-1869), Pomfret, CT;
  • 1869-1978: passed by family descent to Miss Mary Park (by 1907), followed by Dr Park's grandson, Julian Park, and his daughter Mrs Martha Park Koekkoek, Buffalo, NY;
  • 1978: given by Mrs Martha Park Koekkoek to the Albright Knox Art Gallery in memory of her father Julian Park.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 75).

Exhibitions

As far as is known, it was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret