The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: Figure studies; v.: Elevations of White House, Tite Street were drawn on pp. 3-4 of the draft of a letter, probably dating from 4 January 1878, from Whistler to B. Verity & Sons regarding Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room y178. ¹

r.: Figure studies, Glasgow University Library

v.: Elevations of White House, Tite Street, Glasgow University Library

They are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 662).

Images

Subject

Site

v.: Elevations of White House, Tite Street, Glasgow University Library

Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) designed the White House in Tite Street, Chelsea, for Whistler.

Technique

Conservation History

The sheet has a central vertical fold and one corner has been torn off.

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It has not been exhibited.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 662) as 'r.: Figure studies; v.: Elevations of White House, Tite Street'.

Websites

• The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow. GUW #05965