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

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YMSM 233
Portrait of Sir Henry Cole

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1881-1882
Collection: Whereabouts unknown, probably destroyed
Accession Number: none
Medium: oil
Support: canvas
Size: ca 191 x 102 cm (ca 75 x 40")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: unknown
Frame: unknown

Portrait of Sir Henry Cole

Provenance

Unknown. According to the Pennells, Alan S. Cole was informed that Whistler had destroyed the portrait. 1

Exhibitions

Whistler had hoped to have the portrait ready for exhibition in the Grosvenor Gallery in 1882. 2 Cole's death of course prevented that.

Notes:

1: Pennell 1911 A [more] , p. 211.

2: Anon., 'In the Studios', London Daily News, London, 29 March 1882, pp. 5-6.

Last updated: 9th November 2020 by Margaret