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

 

M.0106
r.: West Point cadets; v.: Studies of heads, hats, and figures

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852/1854
Collection: Collection of Mark Anthony Hatsis
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 7 1/4 x 4 1/4" (184 x 114 mm)
Signature: see below
Inscription: r: 'Whistler' in unknown hand; v: 'James / Jim ...' possibly by Whistler and in various hands, with variations, 'AHChambers' and 'Chesterley ...'

r.: West Point cadets; v.: Studies of heads, hats, and figures

Provenance

  • 1852/1854: given to Alexander Stewart Webb (1835-1911) .
  • 1992: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 25 September 1992 (lot 74) as 'West Point Cadets'.
  • 2004: sold at auction, Christie's, New York, 27 September 2004 (lot 51), bought by a private collector.

In 1906 Webb told Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) that Whistler had given him 'seven sketches - I have them still'. 1

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 106); this record has been updated.

Notes:

1: Letter dated 17 October 1906, Pennell Collection, Library of Congress, MSS vol. 303. See The Admiration of the Furloughmen [M.0105].

Last updated: 9th June 2021 by Margaret