The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Harper Pennington dates from 1880/1881. It is dated from the subject, technique and butterfly signature.

Harper Pennington, National Gallery of Art, DC

This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 835).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Harper Pennington, National Gallery of Art, DC

Robert Goodloe Harper Pennington (1854 or 1855-d. 1920).

Technique

Technique

Harper Pennington, National Gallery of Art, DC

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 835).

History

Provenance

• Date unknown: acquired by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971);
• 1943: given to the National Gallery of Art, DC;
• 1980: transferred from Alverthorpe to Washington, DC.

Exhibitions

No exhibition is recorded 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. 835) as 'Harper Pennington'.

Websites

• National Gallery of Art website at https://www.nga.gov.