The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Counsel of War dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Samuel Hammond (1835-1896), a fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT.

Counsel of War, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 71).

Images

Subject

Description

Counsel of War, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

Three men, head close together, talk at a table by the light of a lantern. A bottle is also on the table.

Technique

Technique

Counsel of War, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 71).

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) 'Twenty-two Drawings and Sketches done by Mr Whistler while at school at 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. 71) as 'Counsel of war'.

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.'

Websites

• Harvard Art Museums website.