The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0914
On the Mersey
Date
On the Mersey may date from 1883/1885, but the butterfly signature, colour and technique are not entirely consistent with Whistler's work at that time.
On the Mersey, Metropolitan Museum of Art
This work was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 914).
Images
On the Mersey, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Site
On the Mersey, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The city of Liverpool was a major port on the River Mersey in north-west England.
Technique
Technique
On the Mersey, Metropolitan Museum of Art
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 914).
History
Provenance
- Date unknown: with W. Macbeth, New York dealer.
- 1913: with Harry Brisbane Dick (1855-1916), according to A. E. Gallatin;
- 1917: bought through Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York dealer, by the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The earlier provenance is unknown.
Exhibitions
No exhibition is known 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. 914) as 'On the Mersey'.
Books on Whistler
- Gallatin, A. E., Whistler's Pastels and Other Modern Profiles, New York, 1912, repr. f. p. 10 as 'Om the Mersey.'
Books, General
- Avery, Kevin J., et al., American Drawings and Watercolors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 1, A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835, New York, 2002 (cat. no. 495) as 'Scene on the Mersey', pp. 6, 73, 284, 365, repr. p. 365.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art website at https://www.metmuseum.org.