The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0050
Man riding a horse
Date
Man riding a horse dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Whistler's fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT, Samuel Hammond (1835-1896).
Man riding a horse, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 50).
Images
Man riding a horse, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
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Subject
Description
Man riding a horse, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
An unfinished lively sketch of a galloping horse and rider. The rider is cloaked and carrying a cloth bag: he could be carrying an urgent message. It is likely that this was intended as an illustration.
Technique
Technique
Man riding a horse, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 50).
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. 50) as 'r: Man riding a horse; v: Young man with walking stick'.
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.