The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0085.
Prisoner in a cell
Date
Prisoner in a cell dates from between 1851 and 1852.
Prisoner in a cell, Beaverbrook Art Gallery
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 85).
Images
Prisoner in a cell, Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Subject
Description
Prisoner in a cell, Beaverbrook Art Gallery
A ragged bearded man sits on the ground at left, fsacing right. At upper right, two men carrying a lantern peer round a corner at him.
Technique
Technique
Prisoner in a cell, Beaverbrook Art Gallery
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 85).
History
Provenance
- 1851/1852: given to Maria Whitman Bailey (1836-1852), West Point, NY;
- 1852: inherited by her father, Professor Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811-1857);
- 1857: bequeathed to his son, Dr Loring Woart Bailey (1839-1925), Fredericton, NB;
- 1925: bequeathed to his daughter, Laurestine Maria Bailey (1875-1961), Fredericton, NB;
- 1958: bought through her nephew Marshall D'Avray West (1901-1969), by William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook (1879-1964);
- 1964: bequeathed to his widow, Marcia Anastasia Aitken, Lady Beaverbrook, née Christoforides (1909-1994);
- 1970: bought from Lady Beaverbrook by the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 84); this record has been corrected.
Exhibitions
As far as is known, this 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. 85) as 'Prisoner in a cell'.