The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Venetian Carnival dates from 1878/1880.

Venetian Carnival, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 669).

Images

Subject

Site

Venetian Carnival, The Hunterian

It is more likely that this was drawn at a masquerade or burlesque, possibly at the Gaiety Theatre, London, rather than in Venice.

Technique

Technique

Venetian Carnival, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 669).

History

Provenance

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

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. 669) as 'Venetian Carnival'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.