The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0047
Man seated at table
Date
Man seated at table dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Whistler's fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT, Samuel Hammond (1835-1896). The entry has been updated.
Man seated at table, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 47).
Images
Man seated at table, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Subject
Description
Man seated at table, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
A man seated in profile to left, holding a small bottle in his right arm, which leans on a table.
Sitter
This could be a drawing from life but the sitter has not been identified.
Technique
Technique
Man seated at table, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 47).
History
Provenance
- 1849/1850: given to Samuel Hammond (1835-1896) at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT;
- 1896: passed by family descent to his son, Samuel Hammond (1859-1934) and daughter-in-law Grace Hammond (1874-1972);
- 1973: given to their son, Professor Mason Hammond (1903-2002), Harvard, MA;
- 2002: passed to the estate of Professor Hammond;
- 2015: anonymous loan and promised gift to the Fogg Museum, Harvard, in honor of Professor Mason Hammond.
For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 41).
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. 170) as 'Twenty-two Drawings and Sketches done by Mr Whistler while at School in Pomfret, Conn., about 1850'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 47) as 'Man seated at table'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 170) 'Twenty-two Drawings and Sketches done by Mr Whistler while at school at Pomfret, Conn., about 1850.'
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Oils, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1934 (cat. no. 43, 44 or 45).
Websites
- Harvard Art Museums website.