The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0038
Priest
Date
Priest dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Whistler's schoolmate Edward Lawrence Hyde (1835-1917) at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT.
It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 38).
Images
Priest, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
Unknown. Photostats of drawings owned by Edward L. Hyde were sent to Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) in 1924 but have not been located.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- 1849/1851: given to Whistler's schoolmate Edward Lawrence Hyde (1835-1917), in Pomfret, CT;
- 1917: bequeathed to his wife Imogine Adell Hyde née Clarke (b. 1847);
- By 1924: according to her niece Mary E. Hyde, Boston, given to her sister in California.
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 38).
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. 38) as 'Priest'.