The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1125
Interior of the gallery of the British Artists
Date
Interior of the gallery of the British Artists dates from 1886/1887.
Interior of the gallery of the British Artists, Ashmolean Museum
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1125).
Images
Interior of the gallery of the British Artists, Ashmolean Museum
Subject
Site
Interior of the gallery of the British Artists, Ashmolean Museum
The velarium hanging in the rooms of the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street, London.
Technique
Technique
Interior of the gallery of the British Artists, Ashmolean Museum
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1125).
History
Provenance
- Date unknown: according to the Pennells (1921), it had been owned by George Roland Halkett (1855-1918) at some time before 1921.
- 1943: bought by the Ashmolean Museum in 1943
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited 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. 1125) as 'Interior of the gallery of the British Artists'.
Books on Whistler
- Bendix, Deanna Marohn, Diabolical Designs: Paintings, Interiors, and Exhibitions of James McNeill Whistler, Washington and London, 1995, p. 243, repr. fig. 93.
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921, p. 305, repr. f.p.177 as 'Interior of Gallery of the British Artists showing Velarium and Arrangement of Pictures'.
Websites
- Ashmolean Museum website as 'Sketch of the Interior of the Suffolk Street Gallery during an Exhibition'.