Victoria Club
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Dateabout 1879
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumTransfer lithograph in black ink on chine collé
Dimensions23.5 x 15.4 cm (9 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.1.r.55
eMuseum ID727595
Original Number2.3.o.82
EmbARK ObjectID13988
TMS Source ID2823
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesThomas Robert Way. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue (London, 1896), pp. 13-14, no. 11.
Thomas Robert Way. Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist (London, 1912), p. 87.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way. Exh. cat. (New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1914), p. 9, no. 11.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). pp. 20-21, no. 70.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 22.
Susan Hobbs and Nesta R. Spink. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), pp. 10, 12, 44, no. 7.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 15.
Thomas Robert Way. Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist (London, 1912), p. 87.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Lithographs by Whistler from the Collection of Thomas R. Way. Exh. cat. (New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1914), p. 9, no. 11.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). pp. 20-21, no. 70.
Mervyn Levy (ed.). Whistler Lithographs: A Catalogue Raisonné (London, 1975), no. 22.
Susan Hobbs and Nesta R. Spink. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), pp. 10, 12, 44, no. 7.
Martha Tedeschi (ed.). The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1998), no. 15.
MarksNotesSigned in stone (lower left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso): 7-29-03 / 9104
Inscribed in graphite on mount (lower left corner): WII
Inscribed in graphite on mount (bottom): Victoria Club / 75
Inscribed in graphite (verso): 7-29-03 / 9104
Inscribed in graphite on mount (lower left corner): WII
Inscribed in graphite on mount (bottom): Victoria Club / 75
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by September 1903.
