The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0045
Man holding a dog's tail
Date
Man holding a dog's tail dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Whistler's fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT, Samuel Hammond (1835-1896).
Man holding a dog's tail, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 45). The entry has been updated.
Images
Man holding a dog's tail, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Subject
Description
Man holding a dog's tail, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
This may be a recollection of an amusing incident, or a drawing entirely from imagination, of, as the title indicates, a man holding a large dog's tail.
Technique
Technique
Man holding a dog's tail, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
A very naive drawing, traditionally said to have been drawn by Whistler. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 45).
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. 45) as 'Man holding a dog's tail'.
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.