The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Camp-site by a river dates from 1895/1898.

Camp-site by a river, Jill Newhouse Gallery

It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1441). The record has been updated.

Images

Subject

Site

Camp-site by a river, Jill Newhouse Gallery

Probably Walton-on-Thames, England.

Technique

Technique

Camp-site by a river, Jill Newhouse Gallery

Possibly started as a drawing in black, the colour being added later.

History

Provenance

• 1890s: George Henry Lewis (1833-1911) and Elisabeth Lewis (1844-1931);
• 1931: passed to their descendants, who owned it until after 1995.
• 2012: with Peter Nahum, Leicester Galleries, London;
• 2017: Jill Newhouse Gallery, 4 East 81st Street, New York.

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. 1441) as 'Camp-site by a river'.

Websites

• Jill Newhouse Gallery website, 2017, at http://www.jillnewhouse.com.
• The Victorian Web, website, repr. as 'Scene with peaked roofs', referencing Peter Nahum at Leicester Galleries, website, 12 January 2012.