The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0425
r.: Portrait study of Frederick R. Leyland; v.: Head of a boy
Date
r.: Portrait study of Frederick R. Leyland; v.: Head of a boy dates from 1870/1873.
r.: Portrait study of Frederick R. Leyland, Metropolitan Museum of Art
It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 425).
Images
r.: Portrait study of Frederick R. Leyland, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: Head of a boy, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Sitter
r.: Portrait study of Frederick R. Leyland, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892).
Technique
Technique
r.: Portrait study of Frederick R. Leyland, Metropolitan Museum of Art
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 4265).
History
Provenance
- By 1904: owned by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York.
- 1940: given by Harold K. Hochschild (1892-1981), New York to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The earlier provenance is unknown.
Exhibitions
- 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. l79) as 'Portrait Study'
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 4265) as r.: Portrait study of Frederick R. Leyland; v.: Head of a boy'.
Catalogues 1855-1905
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. l79) as 'Portrait Study'.
Books on Whistler
- Merrill, Linda, The Peacock Room. A Cultural Biography, New Haven and London, 1998, pp. 14-16.
Books, General
- Avery, Kevin J., et al., American Drawings and Watercolors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 1, A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835, New York, 2002, pp. 278-81 (cat. no. 103) repr. p. 280.
Websites
- Metropolitan Museum of Art website at https://www.metmuseum.org.