The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1677
Family in an archway
Date
Family in an archway probably dates from 1901.
Family in an archway, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1677).
Images
Family in an archway, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Subject
Site
Family in an archway, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Probably Ajaccio, Corsica.
Technique
Technique
Family in an archway, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1677).
Conservation History
The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
- 1958: bequeathed by Miss R. Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
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. 1677) as 'Family in an archway'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Sutton, Denys, and Martin Hopkinson, ホイスラー展. Whistler Exhibition in Japan, Tokyo, 1987 (cat. 78).
Websites
- The Hunterian, University of Glasgow website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.