Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0074
The Light at the Door

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Whereabouts unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour, ink and pencil
Support: paper
Size: 3 3/4 x 2 3/8" (95 x 60 mm)
Signature: 'JAW'
Inscription: 'The [sunlight?] was shining [illegible words] light was [splendidly] reflected by the windows of the palace of the Doges of Venice' [in unknown hand]

The Light at the Door

Provenance

  • 1849/1851: given to Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908) , Pomfret, CT;
  • 1905/1908: owned by her until at least 1905 and probably until her death in 1908.
  • 1995: with Skinner, auctioneers, Boston and Bolton, MA, October 1995.

It was photographed by the Pennells when in Moulton's possession in 1905, but the photograph has not been located. 1

Exhibitions

  • 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 169) as 'Sketch'.

Notes:

1: Letter from Moulton to Pennell, 27 September 1905, LC PC.

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret