The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.1519
r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel; v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…'
Date
r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel; v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…' dates from 28 October 1897. 1
r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel, The Hunterian
v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…, The Hunterian
It was catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1519).
Images
r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel, The Hunterian
v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…, The Hunterian
Subject
Site
v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…, The Hunterian
Garlant's Hotel, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London.
Sitter
r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel, The Hunterian
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903).
Technique
Technique
r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel, The Hunterian
v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…, The Hunterian
It was drawn with a wide nib which separates on some of the drawing- on the clothes draped over the end of the bed. The ink was blotted so that the smoke is paler than the rest. The shadows behind each leg were scraped out, so that a new shadow could be drawn, more consistent with the light source shown.
Conservation History
The drawings are on the first and third side, and were folded in quarters, to fit a small envelope.
History
Provenance
- 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1955: given by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It was not, as far as is known, exhibited 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. 1519) as "r.: Whistler ill in bed at Garlant's Hotel; v.: 'Outside Garlant's window this morning!' and 'Inside…' ".
Websites
- The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow, 2003-2004, GUW #04722.
Notes:
1: [28 October 1897], GUW #04722.