The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Dandy dates from 1854/1855. It belonged to a fellow West Point cadet, Alexander Stewart Webb (1835-1911).

Dandy, private collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 161).

Images

Subject

Description

Dandy, private collection

A smart young man standng facing front, wearing skin tight trousers, padded shoulders on his jacket, straw hat at an angle, and carrying a short slim stick.

Technique

Technique

Dandy, private collection

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 161).

The album also contains drawings by Loomis Lyman Langdon (1830-1910), Henry Coppée (1821-1895), and Frances Laurens Vinton (1835-1879).

History

Provenance

• 1854/1855: given to Alexander Stewart Webb (1835-1911);
• 1911-present: passed by family descent to a private collection.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 161).

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 161) as 'Dandy'.