The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 078
Self-Portrait
Date
Self-Portrait dates from 1867. 1
On 5 February 1867 William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) saw 'a clever vivacious portrait of himself begun' in Whistler's house in Lindsey Row, Chelsea. 2 There is no further record of this.
Images
Self-Portrait, Whereabouts unknown
Carjat & Cie., J. McN. Whistler, 1864/1865, GUL Whistler PH1/95
Subject
Titles
The only known title is as follows:
- 'Self-Portrait' (1980, YMSM). 3
Description
William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) described it as 'a clever vivacious portrait of himself begun.' 4
Sitter
Carjat & Cie., J. McN. Whistler, 1864/1865, GUL Whistler PH1/95
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
Conservation History
Unknown.
History
Provenance
There is no record of this portrait after 1867.
The Pennells thought it was the self-portrait owned by George McCulloch (1848-1907) (Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of the Painter y122) but that appears to date from 1872. 5
Exhibitions
Unknown.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- Young, Andrew McLaren, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer, and Hamish Miles, The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1980 (cat. no. 78) as 'Self-Portrait'.
Authored by Whistler
- None.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- None.
Journals 1855-1905
- None.
Monographs
- None.
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, pp. 80, 137.
Books, General
- Rossetti, William Michael (ed.), Rossetti Papers, 1862-1870, London, 1903, p. 222.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 78).
2: Rossetti 1903 [more], p. 222.
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 78).
4: Rossetti 1903 [more], p. 222.
5: Pennell 1908 [more], vol. 1, pp. 80, 137.