The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1046
r.: Grey note - Mouth of the Thames; v.: Caricature of a man in a cocked hat
Date
r.: Grey note – Mouth of the Thames; v.: Caricature of a man in a cocked hat date from about 1885.
r.: Grey note – Mouth of the Thames, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1046).
Images
r.: Grey note – Mouth of the Thames, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Verso: not reproduced.
Subject
Site
r.: Grey note – Mouth of the Thames, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The mouth of the River Thames, east of London. It was wrongly identified as Scheveningen in Boston in 1923, when it was confused with Little Scheveningen m0965 (and still records this place on the website.
Sitter
It is just possible that the figure on the verso (not reproduced) relates to Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore.
Technique
Technique
r.: Grey note – Mouth of the Thames, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1046).
History
Provenance
- By 1904: owned by Walter Gay (1856-1937), Paris;
- 1923: given as 'Little Scheveningen – Grey Note' (sic) to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 7 June 1923.
Little Scheveningen m0965, which was also owned by Walter Gay, was confused with this watercolour in 1923.
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 140) as 'Grey Note – Mouth of the Thames'.
- 1905: 100th Anniversary Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1905 (cat. no. 443).
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1046) as 'r.: Grey note - Mouth of the Thames; v.: Caricature of a man in a cocked hat'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 140) as 'Grey Note – Mouth of the Thames'.
- 100th Anniversary Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1905 (cat. no. 443) as 'Gray Note: The Mouth of the Thames'.
Websites
- Museum of Fine Arts,, Boston, website.