The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.0247
Couple seated at a table

Couple seated at a table

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.184
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 6 1/2-6 5/8" x 4 9/16" (166-168 x 117 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Date

Couple seated at a table dates from between August and October 1858.

Couple seated at a table, Freer Gallery of Art
Couple seated at a table, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 247).

Images

Couple seated at a table, Freer Gallery of Art
Couple seated at a table, Freer Gallery of Art

Subject

Sitter

Couple seated at a table, Freer Gallery of Art
Couple seated at a table, Freer Gallery of Art

The man could be Whistler's companion, Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872) with an unidentified woman in Baden-Baden, Germany.

Technique

Conservation History

The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook. Over fifty drawings, many in sketchbooks, most of which dated from 1857-1858, were apparently given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, and were later removed from the sketchbooks.

History

Provenance

See further details in r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe; v.: Cliffs and building m0222.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Due to the terms of Freer's will, it cannot be shown in another venue.

Bibliography

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