The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r. and v.: Trellis dates from early 1881. Whistler's plans for the trellis were acknowledged by Janey Sevilla Campbell (Lady Archibald Campbell) (ca 1846-d.1923) in May 1881. ¹

r. Trellis, The Hunterian

The drawings are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 848).

Images

Subject

Site

r. Trellis, The Hunterian

Coombe Farm, Norbiton, Kingston on Thames, which belonged to Janey Sevilla Campbell (Lady Archibald Campbell) (ca 1846-d.1923) and Archibald Campbell (1846-1913).

Technique

Technique

r. Trellis, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 848).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1958: bequeathed by Miss 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. 848) as 'r. and v.: Trellis'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Willsdon, Clare A. P., 'Nature on the Margins', in Patricia de Montfort and Clare A. P. Willsdon, Whistler and Nature, Compton Verney and the Hunterian, Glasgow, 2018-2019, pp. 77-111, at p. 96.

Websites

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