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

 

M.0421
Portrait of Walter Greaves

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1871/1875
Collection: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Accession Number: 31.242
Medium: chalk
Support: brown paper
Size: 10 7/8-11 x 6 3/4" (276-280 x 172 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Port.Wistler-i-e' or 'Port Waller-a-es' or 'Jack Wistler' in unknown hand; collector's mark 'B. M.' (B. B. MacGeorge)

Portrait of Walter Greaves

Provenance

  • Date unknown, before 1924: in the collection of Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) (Lugt 394).
  • By 1931: owned by Eliza Greene Metcalf Radeke (1854-1931), Mrs Gustav Radeke, president of the Rhode Island School of Design;
  • 1931: given on 22 May from the estate of Mrs Radeke to the Rhode Island School of Design.

The earlier provenance is not known.

Exhibitions

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

Last updated: 25th May 2021 by Margaret