The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0875
Blue and Silver: The Thames
Date
Blue and Silver: The Thames dates from 1882. Despite the inscription, it was certainly not Whistler's first watercolour.
Blue and Silver: The Thames, Private Collection
Fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 875).
Images
Blue and Silver: The Thames, Private Collection
Subject
Site
Blue and Silver: The Thames, Private Collection
A view from the residence of Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) at Westminster, looking down the Thames to Hungerford Bridge and St Paul's.
Technique
Technique
Blue and Silver: The Thames, Private Collection
See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 875.
History
Provenance
- Date unknown: with Wunderlich, New York art dealer (label).
- By 1903: owned by Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston;
- After 1934: given to his granddaughter, Elizabeth L. Robb, Mrs J. Hampden Robb (1901-1987);
- After 1978: sold to a private collector, Anne Arbor, Michigan.
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. 108) as 'The Thames – Blue and Silver'.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 875) as 'Blue and Silver: The Thames'.
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. 108) as 'The Thames – Blue and Silver'.
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. 49, repr.).