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

 

M.0054
Fidelis in the Arbour

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.1
Medium: r: watercolour and graphite; v: watercolour, graphite, brown ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 6 7/8 x 4 15/16" (175 x 125 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Fidelis in the Arbour.'

Fidelis in the Arbour

Fidelis in the Arbour dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Whistler's fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT, Samuel Hammond (1835-1896) .

Fidelis in the Arbour, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Fidelis in the Arbour, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 54).

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret