The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon' dates from 1862; it was engraved by the Dalziel Brothers and published in Good Words in that year. The original drawing has not been located.

Dalziel Bros. after Whistler, Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon', Good Words, 1862

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 300).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Dalziel Bros. after Whistler, Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon', Good Words, 1862

The woman is Joanna Hiffernan (b. ca 1843-d.1886); the young man has not been identified.

Technique

Technique

Dalziel Bros. after Whistler, Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon', Good Words, 1862

The drawing is only known from the wood engraving. The flowing lines of the dress are probably careful copies of the drawing but the shading on the faces is less likely to be exact: it reflects the wood engraver's techniques for suggesting shading.

History

Provenance

• 1862: the drawing was engraved by the Dalziel Brothers and published in Good Words for 1862, London.

There is no further record of it.

Exhibitions

The drawing 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. 300) as "Kenneth and Lena Graeme, in 'The Trial Sermon' ".

Journals 1855-1905

• N. C., 'The Trial Sermon', 'N. C.', 'The Trial Sermon', Good Words for 1862, Norman MacLeod (ed.), London, 1862, Chap. 1, p. 585; Chap. 3, p. 649, wood engraving by the Dalziel Brothers at p. 585.

Books on Whistler

• MacDonald, Margaret F., 'Joanna Hiffernan and James Whistler: an Artistic Partnership' in Margaret F. MacDonald (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020, pp. 15-31.