The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Man in the dock at Bow Street Police Court dates from about 1878, and was drawn during the trial of John Bacon, a print worker from Thomas Way's firm of lithographers, at Bow Street magistrates' court.

Man in the dock at Bow Street Police Court, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 670).

Images

Subject

Site

Bow Street Police Court, London.

Sitter

Man in the dock at Bow Street Police Court, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

John Bacon, from the lithographic firm of Thomas Way (1837-1915), on trial at Bow Street Police Court.

Technique

Technique

Man in the dock at Bow Street Police Court, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 679).

History

Provenance

• ca 1878: probably given by Whistler to Thomas Way (1837-1915), London;
• Before 1910: probably sold by his son, Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), to Kennedy, New York dealers;
• 1912: owned by David A. Kennedy (fl. 1895-1915), New York dealer.
• Date unknown: acquired by Pickford Robert Waller (1849-1930), London;
• 1930: bequeathed to Sybil Christina Waller (1882-1973);
• 1965: sold at auction, Christie's, London, 12 November 1965 (lot unknown) and bought by Knoedler's, New York dealers;
• 1969: 'Two male heads' bought by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute on 19 May.

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. 679) as 'Man in the dock at Bow Street Police Court'.

Books on Whistler

• Way, Thomas Robert, Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist, London and New York, 1912, pp. 22-23, repr. f.p. 22.