The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Man conducting music dates from about 1887. The sheet is mounted in an album with other drawings acquired by Whistler's son Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935).

Man conducting music, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1156).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Man conducting music, The Hunterian

The conductor has not been identified.

Technique

Technique

Man conducting music, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1156).

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. 1156) as 'Man conducting music'.

Websites

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