The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0223
r.: A group of figures on an esplanade; v.: Boy
Date
r.: A group of figures on an esplanade; v.: Boy dates from 1857.
r.: A group of figures on an esplanade, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 223).
Images
r.: A group of figures on an esplanade, Freer Gallery of Art
v.: Boy, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Site
r.: A group of figures on an esplanade, Freer Gallery of Art
Possibly Dieppe, on the coast of France.
Sitter
v.: Boy, Freer Gallery of Art
Unidentified. However, it could be one of the Haden children, possibly Arthur Charles Haden (1852-1910).
Technique
Technique
Over fifty drawings, many in sketchbooks, most of which dated from 1857-1858, were apparemtly given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, and were later removed from the sketchbooks.
History
Provenance
- ca 1858: given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910);
- 1895/1898: for sale through Wunderlich's, New York dealers;
- 1898: bought from Wunderlich's in November by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit;
- 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. nos. 222 and 223).
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Due to the conditions of Freer's will, it cannot be lent to another venue.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 223) as 'r.: A group of figures on an esplanade; v.: Boy'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 213, pl. 155.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.186, as 'A group of figures on an esplanade'.