The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.1148
Man on a horse

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W961
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, f.s.
Size: 7 1/16 x 4 13/16" (180 x 122 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r.: letter from from Rose Fuller Whistler to Whistler dated 22 August 1887

Date

Man on a horse was drawn on the verso of an unrelated letter from a clergyman, Rose Fuller Whistler (1825-1894), Ashburnham Vicarage, Sussex, to Whistler, on 22 August 1887. ¹ The letter is not related to the drawing. It is possible that it was drawn at Buffalo Bill's 'Wild West Show'.

Man on a horse, Glasgow University Library

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1148).

Images

Man on a horse, Glasgow University Library

Subject

Description

A rider on a horse.

Technique

Conservation History

It was drawn on the fourth side of a folded sheet of paper.

History

Provenance

1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1148) as 'Man on a horse'.

Websites

The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2004, GUW #06972..

Notes:

1: GUW #06972.