The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0177
r.: Paul B. Leeds in Amos Palmer's Shop; v.: ground plan (in unknown hand)
Date
r.: Paul B. Leeds in Amos Palmer's Shop; v.: ground plan (in unknown hand) dates from 29 September 1854.
r.: Paul B. Leeds in Amos Palmer's Shop, The Hunterian
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 177).
Images
r.: Paul B. Leeds in Amos Palmer's Shop, The Hunterian
v.: Ground plan, not reproduced.
Subject
Sitter
r.: Paul B. Leeds in Amos Palmer's Shop, The Hunterian
It shows Whistler's friend Paul Babcock Leeds (1835-1887) in the shop of Whistler's cousin Amos Palmer (1827-1861) in Stonington, CT.
Technique
Technique
r.: Paul B. Leeds in Amos Palmer's Shop, The Hunterian
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 177)
History
Provenance
- 1854: given to Paul Babcock Leeds (1835-1887);
- 1887: probably inherited by his niece, Sarah Avery McIlhenny (1860-1948), Iberia Parish, Louisiana;
- 1891: sent by her on 21 June to Whistler for a signature, but Whistler neither signed nor returned it;
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1955: given to the University of Glasgow.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 177).
Exhibitions
No exhibitions are known.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 177) as 'r.: Paul B. Leeds in Amos Palmer's Shop; v.: ground plan (in unknown hand)'.
Websites
- The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.