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

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M.0030
Map of the North-East States of America

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 89709198
Medium: pen, brown and black ink and watercolour
Support: tan wove paper
Size: 4 15/16 x 6" (126 x 152 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler.'
Inscription: r.: 'N. E. States.', & names of States etc., by Whistler; v.: 'To a very dear Friend with much love./ Annie [R.] Chilson Mar. 28-1932./ This was given to my aunt when she was a child 12 yrs old. She gave it to me when I was 18. The artist drew it in school when he was 10 yrs old, in Pomfret Ct. My aunt was then Anna Bowers - after she was Mrs. Joe Cavarly.', by A. R. Chilson; '360106//8-89-806.13', in an unknown hand

Map of the North-East States of America

Provenance

  • 1849/1851: given by Whistler to Anna Bowers (later Mrs Joseph D. Caverly) (1832-1911), Pomfret, CT;
  • Date unknown: given by Mrs Caverly to Annie R. Chilson;
  • 1932: given by Annie R. Chilson to a friend on 28 March 1932.
  • Date unknown: acquired for the Pennell-Whistler Collection, Library of Congress.

There is no record of the acquisition of this drawing in the Library of Congress. It is not certain that it was donated by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936), although that is quite possible.

Exhibitions

Not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 12th December 2018 by Margaret