The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0056
Sir John Chester
Date
Sir John Chester dates from between 1849 and 1852 and was given by Whistler to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878).
Sir John Chester, Metropolitan Museum of Art
It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 56). The Metropolitan Museum gives the measurements 3 3/4 x 2 3/16" (9.5 x 5.6 cm).
Images
Sir John Chester, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sir John Chester and other drawings in a scrapbook, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Description
Sir John Chester is an illustration to Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
Technique
Conservation History
Sir John Chester and other drawings in a scrapbook (p. 7), Metropolitan Museum of Art
The drawing was originally stuck by Winans, Whistler, or one of the family members, in a scrapbook.
History
Provenance
- 1853/1854: given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and family;
- 1878-1970: passed by family descent to his daughter Celeste Marguerite Winans (Mrs G. M. Hutton) (1855-1925), her daughter Lucette Marguerite Hutton, Mrs H. A. Prichard (1885-1957), and grand-daughters, Margaret Celeste Prichard, Mrs T. A. Buell (1908-1970), Helen Lucette Prichard, Mrs J. M. King (1913-2005), and Sybil Agnes Prichard, Mrs E. G. Walk (1915-2009);
- 1970: given by Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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. 56) as 'Sir John Chester'.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum website