The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0064
A woman with a dog and a bird
Date
A woman with a dog and a bird dates from between 1850 and 1851 and was give to Mrs Elizabeth W. Hall.
A woman with a dog and a bird, Freer Gallery of Art
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 64).
Images
A woman with a dog and a bird, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Description
A woman with a dog and a bird, Freer Gallery of Art
A young woman in fancy dress (possibly intended to be middle-eastern), wearing a turban with a feather in it, and holding a bird, possibly a small hawk; a dog sits in front of her. Two short pillars and trees form the background. This may be an illustration for an unidentified story.
Technique
Technique
A woman with a dog and a bird, Freer Gallery of Art
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 64).
History
Provenance
- 1850/1851: given by Whistler to Mrs Elizabeth W. Hall (fl. 1840/1904), Allston, MA;
- 1904: sold on 18 April to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
- 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 64).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 64) as 'A woman with a dog and a bird'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 165, pl. 75.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website.