The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Ship probably dates from 1887. It is mounted in an album with other drawings acquired by Whistler's son Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935).

Ship, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1146).

Images

Subject

Description

Ship, The Hunterian

The masts and bowsprit of a two-masted ship.

Technique

Composition

Ship, The Hunterian

Given the summary list of Venice etchings on the same sheet, it is possible this rough sketch was related to Nocturne [222], The Little Lagoon [216] or The Riva [229], which were completed in London. However, the two may not be related.

Conservation History

This is one of several drawings that were bound into an album, possibly by the Redfern Gallery, London, ca 1950.

History

Provenance

• 1890s: acquired, probably from the artist, by his son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935).
• 1952: bought from the Redfern Gallery, London, by the Hunterian Art Gallery.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1146) as 'Ship'.

Books on Whistler

• Heijbroek, J. F., and Margaret F. MacDonald, Whistler and Holland, Zwolle and Amsterdam, 1997, p. 96, repr. pl. 18-19.

Websites

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