The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0259
Two scenes on a river
Date
Two scenes on a river dates from between September and October 1858 and was probably given to Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) or her husband Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910).
Two scenes on a river, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 259).
Images
Two scenes on a river, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Site
Two scenes on a river, Freer Gallery of Art
One of a series of sketches on the Rhine. Similar sketches include The Rhine near Worms and Oppenheim m0254, Pfalz m0260, and Le Rhin m0261.
Technique
Technique
The sheet was probably taken from a sketchbook. Over fifty drawings, many in sketchbooks, most of which dated from 1857-1858, were apparently given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, and were later removed from the sketchbooks.
History
Provenance
- 1858: probably given to Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) or her husband Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910);
- 1898: sold through Wunderlich, New York dealers, to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919);
- 1919: bequeathed by C. L. Freer to the Freer Gallery of Art.
See further details in r.: Les Côtes à Dieppe; v.: Cliffs and building m0222.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, 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. 259) as 'Two scenes on a river'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984, p. 221, pl. 171.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.204, as 'Two scenes on a river'.