The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0178
A Man in a hat
Date
A Man in a hat probably dates from 1854.
A Man in a hat, Library of Congress
For more information on this work, see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 178).
Images
A Man in a hat, Library of Congress
Subject
Sitter
A Man in a hat, Library of Congress
Not identified.
Technique
Technique
A Man in a hat, Library of Congress
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 178).
History
Provenance
- 1854: probably given to Whistler's aunt, Catherine Jane Palmer (1812-1877), Stonington, CT;
- 1877: probably inherited by Mrs Palmer's son, Donald MacNeill Palmer (1845-1928) and his wife Annie Elizabeth Palmer (1849-1933);
- 1933: the Palmer house in Stonington was inherited by Lillian McNeill Palmer (1871-1961), who found the drawing in a trunk in the attic;
- 1936: sold to Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) and given to the Library of Congress.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 178); the record has been revised.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, 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. 178) as 'A Man in a hat'.