The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0678
Drawings
Date
Drawings, described as 'eight or nine drawings', owned by Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890), probably date from about 1878.
The drawings are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 678).
Images
Drawings, whereabouts unknown
Subject
Description
Unknown.
Technique
Technique
Unknown.
History
Provenance
- ca 1878: according to Alice Mary Chambers (1854-1920), Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) left The Artist's Studio y062 and 'eight or nine drawings, as security with a lawyer'; 1
- 1890: bequeathed to his executrix, Miss Chambers;
- ca 1901: she sent the drawings for auction at Robinson and Fisher's, London, but, 'In the middle of the sale, Whistler came in, declared the picture and the drawings were not by him, and the result was they did not sell ... The drawings Miss Chambers left with the auctioneers for a few days after that first attempt, and when she went to get them, two or three had disappeared.' 2
Exhibitions
Unknown.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 678) as 'Drawings'.
Books on Whistler
- Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Whistler Journal, Philadelphia, 1921, pp. 69-70.
Notes:
1: Pennell 1921C [more], pp. 69-70.
2: Ibid.