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

 

YMSM 136
Study for the Head of Carlyle

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1872/1873
Collection: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Accession Number: 77.41
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: 59.7 x 44.5 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/2")
Signature: unsigned
Inscription: none

Study for the Head of Carlyle

Provenance

  • 1906: bought by Burton Mansfield (1856-1932) , New Haven, CT, from The Fine Art Society, London;
  • 1907-1908: lent to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;
  • 1927: sold to the Babcock Galleries, New York;
  • 1930: sold to Dr Charles Wharton Stork (1882-1971) , Haverford, PA;
  • 1932: presented to Haverstock College;
  • 1972: on the art market in the USA.
  • 1977: bought from Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Exhibitions

No exhibitions have been identified.

Last updated: 19th November 2019 by Margaret