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

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Portrait of Vincent Somers Galsworthy

Provenance

  • 1870s: given to the sitter's mother, Isabel Marion Galsworthy (1841-1903) and passed to her husband, Frederick Thomas Galsworthy (1827-1917);
  • 1917: passed by family descent to their grandson, Peter Ker Pinching (1889-1948), who took the name Galsworthy, becoming Captain Peter Galsworthy of the Royal Fusiliers, Draycott Place, Chelsea;
  • 1948: bequeathed to his cousin, Diana C. J. Reid (Mrs Roderick C. G. Macleod).

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th March 2021 by Margaret