The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0043
'Shoulder Arms'
Date
'Shoulder Arms' dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Whistler's fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT, Samuel Hammond (1835-1896).
'Shoulder Arms', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 43). The entry has been updated.
Images
'Shoulder Arms', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Soldier with bottle and gun, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Subject
Description
'Shoulder Arms', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Soldier with bottle and gun, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Soldier with bottle and gun m0042 and 'Shoulder Arms' m0043 appear to illustrate a story of a drunken agument between soldiers.
Technique
Technique
'Shoulder Arms', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
A very naive drawing, traditionally believed to be by Whistler, similar to Soldier with bottle and gun m0042.
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
- 1904: 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. 43) as ''Shoulder Arms''.
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.