The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Portrait of Frederick R. Leyland dates from 1870/1873.

Portrait of Frederick R. Leyland, Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 426).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Portrait of Frederick R. Leyland, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892).

Technique

Technique

Portrait of Frederick R. Leyland, Metropolitan Museum of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 426) .

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. l80) as 'Portrait Sketch'.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 426) as 'Portrait of Frederick R. Leyland'.

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. l80) as 'Portrait Sketch'.

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. 102) repr. p. 279.

Websites

• Metropolitan Museum of Art website at https://www.metmuseum.org.