Provenance
- 1876/1878: given to Murray Marks (1840-1918), London art dealer;
- 1879: 29 preliminary drawings, 'sketches of blue and white vases, in the collection of Sir H. Thompson' were sold at auction, London, Christie, 7 February 1879 (lot 534) and bought by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930) for 1 guinea;
- 1930: bequeathed to his daughter Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973) ;
- 1965: 29 drawings were sold at Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot 32A), bought by Julius H. Weitzner (1896-1986) , London dealer; 1
- 1969: sold by Knoedler's, New York dealers, to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute on 19 May 1969.
Exhibitions
- 1905: possibly Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. nos. 156-161) as 'Illustrations to Sir Henry Thompson's catalogue of his Collection of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain, 1878.'
It is not known whether these were preparatory or final drawings.
Notes:
1: Cylindrical Jar [M.0593], Oviform Vase [M.0595] Bottle [M.0597], Bottle [M.0598], Oviform Ginger-Jar with Bell-Shaped Cover [M.0600], Oviform Vase and Cover [M.0602], Large Bowl and Cover [M.0604], Oviform Vase [M.0606], Oviform Vase [M.0607], Oviform Vase [M.0608], Oviform Vase [M.0609], Double Gourd Vase [M.0612], Beaker [M.0614], Beaker [M.0615], Vase with slightly bulging body and expanding neck [M.0619], Cylindrical Vase with thick neck [M.0620], Cylindrical Vase with thick neck [M.0621], Square Canister with long neck [M.0623], Square Canister with expanding neck [M.0625], Globular-shaped Bottle with long neck, and a deep dish [M.0627], Saucer-shaped Dish [M.0629], Square Canister with square neck, and saucer-shaped Dish [M.0630], Plate, Bowl with a cover surmounted by a cup-shaped knob, Globular-shaped Bottle with long neck and Eight-sided Bowl [M.0632], Bottle of compressed globular form [M.0635], Treble-Gourd Vase with long neck, and Bowl with scalloped edge [M.0639], Teapot in the form of a pomegranate [M.0641], Globular Bottle with long thin neck, Cylindrical-shaped Pot with flat cover surmounted by a knob, and Shallow Bowl [M.0643], Oviform Pot and cover [M.0646], Beaker with expanding neck [M.0648], Oviform Vase and cover [M.0650].
Last updated: 16th January 2019 by Margaret
