Label for James McNeill Whistler's Cane
author
Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
Dateafter 1886
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions7.8 x 12.8 cm (3 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.005721
eMuseum ID719725
Other NumberU27w449
EmbARK ObjectID31619
TMS Source ID15194
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryJames McNeill Whistler cut a distinctive figure in the art world, wearing jaunty hats and swinging a long, thin stick in his fingers as he walked. He presented one of his walking sticks to Isabella Stewart Gardner in 1886, entrusting her “with the wand...with the best and warmest wishes.” After his death in 1903, she displayed it on the third floor of her museum in the Sargent/Whistler Case with this note.
BibliographyNotesKathleen King, "Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee: James McNeill Whistler," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 July 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/james-mcneill-whistler-walking-stick
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
about 1905
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