The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0200
Soldier with lance
Date
Soldier with lance dates from 1855. It was given by Whistler to a fellow-draughtsman at the US Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, DC, John Ross Key (1837-1920).
Soldier with lance, Art Institute Of Chicago
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 200).
Images
Soldier with lance, Art Institute Of Chicago
Subject
Sitter
Soldier with lance, Art Institute Of Chicago
This may have been drawn from imagination or derived from a book illustrating military costume.
Technique
Technique
Soldier with lance, Art Institute Of Chicago
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 200).
History
Provenance
- 1855: given by Whistler to a fellow-draughtsman at the US Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington DC, John Ross Key (1837-1920);
- 1896: possibly sold by Key to Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York dealer;
- 1906: Keppel and Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932), New York dealer, showed several drawings, possibly including this, to Joseph Pennell (1860-1926).
- 1927: bequeathed by Charles Deering (1852-1927) to the Art Institute of Chicago.
For further details, see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 200).
Exhibitions
- 1896: Frederick Keppel, Chicago, 1896 (no cat. no.).
It was reproduced in the Chicago Times Herald, 8 March 1896, p. 30.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 200) as 'Soldier with lance'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Frederick Keppel, Chicago, 1896 (no cat. no.).
Newspapers 1855-1905
- Chicago Times Herald, 8 March 1896, repr. p. 30.
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, p. 46.
Journals 1906-Present
- Pressly, Nancy D., 'Whistler in America: An Album of Early Drawings', Metropolitan Museum Journal, New York, vol. 5, 1972, pp. 125-54, at p. 153, no. 72.
Websites
- Clarke, Jay A., and Sarah Kelly Oehler, eds., Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2020, website.
- Strother, Stephanie L., 'Early Drawings (Cats. 1–5)' in Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2020, URL (cat. no. 1).