The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0119
West Point life
Date
Sketches of West Point life were included by Whistler in a letter to Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881), Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) and Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910) in or shortly before November 1852. 1
This is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 119).
Images
West Point life, no image available
Subject
Site
United States Military Academy at West Point, NY.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- 1852: sent to Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881), Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) and Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910).
No futher provenance is known. See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 119).
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. 119) as 'West Point life'.
Notes:
1: A. M. Whistler to J. Whistler, 24-26 November 1852, GUW #06423.