The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Sailing boat dates from between 1849 and 1851 and was given to Samuel Hammond (1835-1896), a schoolmate at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret.

Sailing Boat, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 65).

Images

Subject

Description

Sailing Boat, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

A small sailing boat, sailing away from the viewer: a man with a feather in his cap is pulling on a rope to raise the sail, and a young woman is kneeling at the stern, looking into the water..

Technique

Technique

Sailing Boat, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 65).

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).

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 65) as 'Sailing boat'.

Websites

• Harvard Art Museums website.