The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Battersea dates from 1888.

Battersea, Baltimore Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1175) as Battersea.

Images

Subject

Site

Battersea, Baltimore Museum of Art

Battersea, London. The parkland was across the river Thames from Chelsea, where Whistler lived.

Technique

Technique

Battersea, Baltimore Museum of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1175).

History

Provenance

• Date unknown: acquired by George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909), Paris art dealer;
• 1909: bequeathed to the Maryland Institute, and placed on loan in the Baltimore Museum of Art;
• 1996: The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased by Baltimore Museum of Art with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community.

This may have been acquired directly from Whistler by Lucas, before 1888, or through Maud Franklin (1857-1939) thereafter, but this has not been confirmed.

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1175) as 'Battersea'.

Websites

• Baltimore Museum of Art website at http://collection.artbma.org.