The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
YMSM 108
Portrait of Master Frederick Leyland
Date
Portrait of Master Frederick Leyland probably dates from about 1873. 1
According to the Pennells, Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892) commissioned paintings of all his four children, but ‘The son, after three sittings, refused to sit again.' 2 Whistler made a pastel sketch of the boy about 1873, Frederick Leyland seated m0508, but even that is not fully realised.
Images
Portrait of Master Frederick Leyland, Whereabouts unknown
Frederick Leyland seated, Private collection
Subject
Titles
Only one title has been suggested:
- 'Portrait of Master Frederick Leyland' (1980, YMSM) 3
Description
Frederick Leyland seated, Private collection
A pastel drawing by Whistler, Frederick Leyland seated m0508, shows him lounging in a chair. 4 It is not known if this was related to the oil, nor what became of the incomplete portrait.
Sitter
Frederick Dawson Leyland (1856-1916), the son of Frances Leyland (1834-1910) and Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892). He married Sybil Lake Beadle in 1880 in Kensington, London. He succeeded his father in his shipping business in 1888. 5
Technique
Technique
Unknown
Conservation History
Unknown
Frame
Unknown
History
Provenance
Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892) commissioned paintings of all his four children, but ‘The son, after three sittings, refused to sit again’. 6
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
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. 108) as 'Portrait of Master Frederick Leyland'.
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 508).
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. 175-76; vol. 2, drawing repr. f.p. 128.
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921, pp. 101, 103.
Books, General
- None.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- None.
Journals 1906-Present
- None.
Websites
- None.
Unpublished
- None.
Other
- None.
Notes:
1: 1871/1873, according to YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 108).
2: Pennell 1908 [more], vol. 1, pp. 175-76.
3: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 108).
4: Pennell 1908 [more] vol. 1, pp. 175-76; vol. 2, drawing repr. f.p. 128.
5: 'Frederick Dawson Leyland' at Liverpool Museums website http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk; see also 'Mitchell Families' website at http://mfo.me.uk/getperson.php?personID=I17935&tree=E1.
6: Pennell 1908 [more] vol. 1, pp. 175-76.