The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0575
Study for 'Shipbuilder's Yard' (G.142)
Date
Study for 'Shipbuilder's Yard' (G.142) dates from 1875 and was apparently given to William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) and family.
Study for 'Shipbuilder's Yard' (G.142), British Museum, London
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 575).
Images
Study for 'Shipbuilder's Yard' (G.142), British Museum, London
Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool, drypoint (G.142 II), Colby College Museum
Subject
Site
Study for 'Shipbuilder's Yard' (G.142), British Museum, London
The port of Liverpool, north-east England.
Technique
Composition
Study for 'Shipbuilder's Yard' (G.142), British Museum, London
Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool, drypoint (G.142 II), Colby College Museum
This is a study for the drypoint Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool [142]. The image is reversed in printing.
Conservation History
The sketch was placed in an album.
History
Provenance
- 1870s: probably given by Whistler to William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916), London;
- 1916: bequeathed to Rachel Alexander (1875-1964) and Jean Ingelow Alexander (1877-1972);
- 1958: given to the British Museum.
Exhibitions
It 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. 575) as "Study for 'Shipbuilder's Yard' (K146)".
Websites
- Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, online website (drypoint, G.142).