The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0121
r.: The Guard Tents; v.: Fragment, illegible
Date
r.: The Guard Tents; v.: Fragment, illegible dates from 1852/1853 and was given by Whistler to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and his family.
r.: The Guard Tents, Metropolitan Museum of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 121).
Images
r.: The Guard Tents, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: The Guard Tents, page in album, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: Fragment, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Site
r.: The Guard Tents, Metropolitan Museum of Art
It was drawn when Whistler was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. It appears, however, to show a gala or party, with visitors including women with parasols.
Technique
Conservation History
r.: The Guard Tents, page in album, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The drawing was originally stuck into an album (p. 18).
History
Provenance
- 1853/1854: 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. 121) as 'r.: The Guard Tents; v.: Fragment, illegible'.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.