The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Terrey's Fruit Shop, Chelsea dates from 1885/1886.

Terrey's Fruit Shop, Chelsea, The Hunterian

This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1002).

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Subject

Site

Terrey's Fruit Shop, Chelsea, The Hunterian

Chelsea, London. George Terrey (not Terry) was a fruiterer at No.45 Cheyne Walk. George Terrey was among Whistler's creditors when he was declared bankrupt in 1878. The fruitshop was next to the newsagents, William Keep, at No. 44. It was a sixteenth century gabled house. It remained in the family until 1928 when it was sold by Mrs Kate Terrey, but by then it was beyond practical repair and was demolished in 1933. A photograph of Terrey's fruitshop is in the National Monuments Record, London.

Technique

Technique

Terrey's Fruit Shop, Chelsea, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1002).

History

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 99) as 'Terry's Fruit-Shop; Chelsea'.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this 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. 1002) as 'Terrey's Fruit Shop, Chelsea'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 99) as 'Terry's Fruit-Shop; Chelsea'. [sic]

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Aquarellen, Pastels, Teekingen, Etsen, Lithographien en een Schilderij door James McNeill Whistler, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1906 (cat. no. 13) as 'Terry's Fruit-Shop; Chelsea' [sic].

Websites

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