The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0546
Mrs Leyland: A recollection
Date
Mrs Leyland: A recollection dates from 1873/1875.
The drawing is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 546).
Images
Mrs Leyland: A recollection, no image available
Subject
Sitter
Frances Leyland (1834-1910).
Technique
Technique
The size is estimated from traces left in an album that had belonged to Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890). 1
Conservation History
The drawing, stuck into an album by Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890), was removed by Whistler. Howell wrote under the drawing, 'Mrs. Leland. [sic] A recollection'. 2
History
Provenance
- 1870s: acquired by Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) and stuck into an album;
- After 1884: some time after October 1884 the album was acquired by Cornelius Cox (1835-1889), shown to his son-in-law Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), and returned to Whistler in exchange for some Venice etchings;
- After 1884: Whistler removed some drawings and may have destroyed others.
Cornelius Cox was the father of Amy Ellen Cox, Mrs T. R. Way (1865-1949), wife of Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913). Way's father, Thomas Way (1837-1915), instructed Whistler in the art of lithography in the late 1870s and printed his lithographs.It was on the Ways' advice that the album was shown to Whistler.
Exhibitions
There is no record of an exhibition.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 546) as 'Mrs Leyland: A recollection'.
Books on Whistler
- Way, Thomas Robert, Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist, London and New York, 1912, pp. 77-79.
Notes:
1: Album, Glasgow University Library, Special Collections, MS Whistler LB 11-12.
2: Ibid.