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

 

M.0875
Blue and Silver: The Thames

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1882
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: white paper
Size: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4" (241 x 311 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'J. A. McNei1l Whistler 1882 from my window. E. W. Godwin.' by E. W. Godwin, and in another hand, 'This was his first attempt at watercolour.'

Blue and Silver: The Thames

Provenance

  • Date unknown: with Wunderlich, New York art dealer (label).
  • By 1903: owned by Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941) , Boston;
  • After 1934: given to his granddaughter, Elizabeth, Mrs J. Hampden Robb (b. 1901) ;
  • After 1978: sold to a private collector, Anne Arbor, Michigan.

Exhibitions

  • 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 108) as 'The Thames – Blue and Silver'.

Last updated: 19th February 2021 by Margaret