The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0111
r.: Jem Bugs; v.: female figure
Date
r.: Jem Bugs dates from 1852 or 1853, and was given by Whistler to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878).
r.: Jem Bugs, Metropolitan Museum of Art
On the verso is a female figure, not by Whistler.
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 111). The Metropolitan Museum gives the title as 'Jem Bags' but since it depicts a bugler, the name 'Jem Bugs' may be correct.
Images
r.: Jem Bugs, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Verso: no image available: the drawing is not by Whistler.
Subject
Sitter
r.: Jem Bugs, Metropolitan Museum of Art
This may be a portrait of a bugler at the United States Military Academy, West Point.
Technique
Conservation History
The drawing was originally stuck into an album.
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. 111) as 'r.: Jem Bugs; v.: female figure'.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Website.