The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0293
Profile sketch of a child
Date
Profile sketch of a child dates from 1858 or 1859.
Profile sketch of a child, Freer Gallery of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 293).
Images
Profile sketch of a child, Freer Gallery of Art
Subject
Sitter
Profile sketch of a child, Freer Gallery of Art
Possibly Francis Seymour Haden, Jr (1850-1918).
Technique
Technique
The sheet may have come from a sketchbook.
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.
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. 293) as 'Profile sketch of a child'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
- Curry, David Park, James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art, New York and London, 1984,.
Websites
- Freer Gallery of Art website at https://asia.si.edu/object/F1898.180, as 'Profile sketch of a Child'.