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

 

M.1425
Crouching figure and other studies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1894
Collection: Hillstead Museum, Farmington, CT
Accession Number: n/a
Medium: pencil
Support: cream card, embossed heading 'RESTAURANT DE MARIVAUX'
Size: 4 3/4 x 6 11/16" (120 x 170 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Theodate.', 'TP', and upside down, 'Mennechet. Restaurant. Rouen - Very excellent -'; r.: menu headed 'Diner du 10 Septembre 1894' in an unknown hand

Crouching figure and other studies

Provenance

  • 1894: given to Alfred Atmore Pope (1842-1913) ;
  • 1913: inherited by his daughter, Theodate Pope (1867-1946) ;
  • 1946: on her death, 30 August 1946, her house became the Hill-Stead Museum.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret