The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

r.: On the Thames at Chelsea; v.: Nude figure date from 1870/1873.

r.: On the Thames at Chelsea, Leighton House

v.: Nude figure, Leighton House

These drawings are fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 396).

Images

Subject

Site

r.: On the Thames at Chelsea, Leighton House

The River Thames, London, UK. This view of Chelsea Wharf is from Lindsey Row.

Sitter

v.: Nude figure, Leighton House

v.: Nude holding a parasol, Fitzwilliam Museum

The faint nude figure on the verso appears to show the same pose, and probably the same model, as the verso of r.: Draped Model; v.: Nude holding a parasol m0388.

Technique

Composition

r.: On the Thames at Chelsea, Leighton House

Grey And Silver: Chelsea Wharf, National Gallery of Art, DC

Variations in Pink and Grey : Chelsea , Freer Gallery of Art

There are strong links with the composition of both Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf y054 and Variations in Pink and Grey: Chelsea y105.

History

Provenance

• 1870/1878?: acquired by William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916), London;
• 1916-1974: passed by family descent to Rachel Alexander (1875-1964)value="owner" and Jean Ingelow Alexander (1877-1972)value="owner";
• 1974: given by the Misses R. and J. Alexander to the British Museum.

Exhibitions

• 1903: probably Collection of Pictures, Drawings, Prints and China, and Decorative Furniture, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1903 (cat. no. 36 or 37) as 'Pastel Sketch'.
• 1905: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 91) as 'On the Thames at Chelsea.'

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 396) as 'r.: On the Thames at Chelsea; v.: Nude figure'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Probably Collection of Pictures, Drawings, Prints and China, and Decorative Furniture, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1903 (cat. no. 36 or 37) as 'Pastel Sketch'.
• Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 91) as 'On the Thames at Chelsea.'

Catalogues 1906-Present

• MacDonald, Margaret, and Patricia de Montfort, An American in London: Whistler and the Thames, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Addison Gallery of American Art, Freer Gallery of Art, 2013-2014 (cat. no. 39), repr.