The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0042
Soldier with bottle and gun
Date
Soldier with bottle and gun dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Whistler's fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT, Samuel Hammond (1835-1896).
Soldier with bottle and gun, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 42). The entry has been updated.
Images
Soldier with bottle and gun, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
'Shoulder Arms', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Subject
Description
Soldier with bottle and gun, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
A drunken pin-headed soldier with rifle, bayonet fixed, in one hand, black bottle in the other; he wears a short blue jacket, white trousers, and a tall red hat.
Technique
Technique
Soldier with bottle and gun, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
'Shoulder Arms', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
A very naive drawing, traditionally believed to be by Whistler, similar to 'Shoulder Arms' m0043.
History
Provenance
- 1849/1850: given to Samuel Hammond (1835-1896) at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT;
- 1896: passed by family descent to his son, Samuel Hammond (1859-1934) and daughter-in-law Grace Hammond (1874-1972);
- 1973: given to their son, Professor Mason Hammond (1903-2002), Harvard, MA;
- 2002: passed to the estate of Professor Hammond;
- 2015: anonymous loan and promised gift to the Fogg Museum, Harvard, in honor of Professor Mason Hammond.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 41).
Exhibitions
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 170) as 'Twenty-two Drawings and Sketches done by Mr Whistler while at School in Pomfret, Conn., about 1850'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 42) as 'Soldier with bottle and gun'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 170) 'Twenty-two Drawings and Sketches done by Mr Whistler while at school at Pomfret, Conn., about 1850.'
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Oils, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1934 (cat. no. 43, 44 or 45).
Websites
- Harvard Art Museums website.