The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Note in grey and silver – Oyster Fleet dates from 1884/1885.

Note in grey and silver – Oyster Fleet, The Hunterian

This work is catalogued fully in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 960).

Images

Subject

Site

Note in grey and silver – Oyster Fleet, The Hunterian

The scene might be off the mouth of the Thames or Colne. The boats share common features with Whitstable and Colchester oyster smacks, Falmouth oyster dredgers and Leigh bawleys (fishing off Canvey Island), as well as the oyster boats of Dieppe and Trouville.

Technique

Technique

Note in grey and silver – Oyster Fleet, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 961).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

• 1886: probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 52) as 'Note in grey and silver – Oyster Fleet'
• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 114) as 'Silver and Grey. The Fishing Fleet'.

Due to the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 961) as 'Note in grey and silver – Oyster Fleet'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1884 (cat. no. 52) as 'Note in grey and silver – Oyster Fleet'
• Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 114) as 'Silver and Grey. The Fishing Fleet'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Aquarellen, Pastels, Teekingen, Etsen, Lithographien en een Schilderij door James McNeill Whistler, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1906 (cat. no. 4) as 'Silver and Grey,. The Fishing Fleet'.

Websites

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