The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Lamplight dates from 1881.

Lamplight, British Architect, 16 December 1881, repr. f.p. 633

Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) wrote in his diary on 3 November 1881: 'To Whistlers promised me sketch for B. A.'. ¹ The drawing was published in the British Architect on 16 December 1881.

Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 866).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Lamplight, British Architect, 16 December 1881, repr. f.p. 633

Possibly Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896), who was then the wife of Edward William Godwin (1833-1886). Godwin was a regular contributor to the British Architect, in which this drawing was reproduced. Alternatively it could be Maud Franklin (1857-1939), who was still Whistler's partner and chief model.

Technique

Technique

Lamplight, British Architect, 16 December 1881, repr. f.p. 633

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 866).

History

Provenance

• 1881: drawn for Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), for publication in British Architect.

The later provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

No record of exhibitions in Whistler's lifetime has been found.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 866) as 'Lamplight'.

Journals 1855-1905

• British Architect, 16 December 1881, repr. f.p. 633 as 'Lamplight'.