The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0066
r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings; v.: A woman with long hair; wheels
Date
r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings; v.: A woman with long hair; wheels dates from between 1849 and 1851. It shows a scene from The Monastery (1820) by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). It was given by Whistler to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878).
r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings, Metropolitan Museum of Art
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 66), where it is dated 'c. 1850'.
Images
r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: A woman with long hair; wheels, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings; v.: A woman with long hair; wheels, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Description
r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The drawing illustrates a scene in The Monastery by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), published in Edinburgh in 1820.
Technique
Technique
r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: A woman with long hair; wheels, Metropolitan Museum of Art
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 66).
Conservation History
r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings; v.: A woman with long hair; wheels, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The drawing was originally stuck into an album (p. 15).
History
Provenance
- 1850: given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and family;
- 1878-1970: passed by family descent to his daughter Celeste Marguerite Winans (Mrs G. M. Hutton) (1855-1925), her daughter Lucette Marguerite Hutton, Mrs H. A. Prichard (1885-1957), and grand-daughters, Margaret Celeste Prichard, Mrs T. A. Buell (1908-1970), Helen Lucette Prichard, Mrs J. M. King (1913-2005), and Sybil Agnes Prichard, Mrs E. G. Walk (1915-2009);
- 1970: given by Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 66) as 'r.: Sir Piercie Shafton sings; v.: A woman with long hair; wheels'.
Journals 1906-Present
- Pressly, Nancy D., 'Whistler in America: An Album of Early Drawings', Metropolitan Museum Journal, New York, vol. 5, 1972, pp. 125-54.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum website.