The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1121
A Lion for the SBA
Date
A Lion for the SBA dates from 1886. It was reproduced on a catalogue cover for the Society of British Artists in that year and it was also used on a card for the SBA 'Smoking Conversazione' on 11 December 1886. 1
A Lion for the SBA, catalogue cover, 1886
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1121).
Images
A Lion for the SBA, catalogue cover, 1886
Technique
Composition
A Lion for the SBA, catalogue cover, 1886
This was designed for the cover of the catalogue for Sixty-third Annual Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1886.
History
Provenance
Unknown.
Exhibitions
Reproduced on the cover of the catalogue for Sixty-third Annual Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1886.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1121) as 'A Lion for the SBA'.
Authored by Whistler
- Sixty-third Annual Exhibition, Society of British Artists, London, 1886, exhibition catalogue, repr. on cover.
Notes:
1: Rosenwald collection, letter No. 28, Rare Books Division, Library of Congress.