James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Portrait of George W. Vanderbilt
208.6 x 91.1 cmOil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Literature
Andrew McLaren Young, Margaret MacDonald, Robin Spencer, The paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven, 1980, nr. 481
Provenance
Sold 1898 to George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914), Asheville, North Carolina, but retained in Whistler's studio until 1903
bequeathed 1914 to Vanderbilt's widow, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser Vanderbilt (later Mrs. Peter G. Gerry, died 1958), Asheville, North Carolina, and Providence, Rhode Island
gift 1959 to NGA
Other works by James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Portrait of Dr William McNeill Whistler
The Master Smith of Lyme Regis
Arrangement in Black: Girl Reading
Portrait of Alexander Arnold Hannay
The Last of Old Westminster