Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 897) as 'Violet and amber – Tea'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 35) as 'Violet and amber – Tea'.
• Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 205) as 'Petit Déjeuner – Note in Opal'.

Newspapers 1855-1905

• Anon., 'Mr. Whistler's Gallery', Daily News, London, 21 May 1884, p. 7.

Books on Whistler

• Cary, Elizabeth Luther, The Works of James McNeill Whistler: A Study, with a Tentative List of Artist’s Works, New York, 1907, p. 173 (cat. no. 102).
• Glazer, Lee, Emily Jacobson, Blythe McCarthy, and Katherine Roeder, Whistler in Watercolor: Lovely Little Games, New Haven and London, 2019.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 196, pl. 126.
• Myers, Kenneth John, Mr. Whistler’s Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003, p. 65 (cat. no. 39).

Websites

• Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1902.162a-c, as 'Violet and Amber–Tea'.
• Whistler in Watercolour, Freer|Sackler, Washington, 2019, website.