The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

'Willie Whistler and "Camarades" on their way to chapel after putting on their Canonicals' dates from between 1851 and 1852.

'Willie Whistler and "Camarades" on their way to chapel ...', Library of Congress

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 77).

Images

Subject

Sitter

'Willie Whistler and "Camarades" on their way to chapel ...', Library of Congress

The subject was Whistler's younger brother, William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900) and fellow students.

Technique

Technique

It was signed in 1891, at the request of Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932). ¹

History

Provenance

• 1891: signed at the request of Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932), New York art dealer.
• 1918-1919: with the Ardern Gallery, New York.
• 1939: bought from the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 77).

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 77) as 'Willie Whistler and "Camarades" on their way to chapel after putting on their Canonicals'.

Websites

• Library of Congress website.