James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Last of Old Westminster
61.0 x 77.5 cmOil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: Whistler. 1862.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Andrew McLaren Young, Margaret MacDonald, Robin Spencer, The paintings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven, 1980, nr. 39
Literature
Daniel Sutherland, Whistler, New Haven, 2014, fig. 23
Karen Serres (ed.), The Courtauld collection, London, 2019, fig. 70
Provenance
sold by the artist to George John Cavafy (1805-1891), London, 1863
by descent to his son, Dr. John Cavafy (c. 1839-1901)
sold by Dr. John Cavafy to E.G. Kennedy of Wunderlich Galleries, New York, 1892
sold by E.G. Kennedy to Cottier & Co., New York, 1892
sold by Cottier & Co. to Alfred Attmore Pope (1842-1913), Farmington, Conn., by 1898
by descent to his daughter, Theodate Pope (Mrs. John W.) Riddle (1867-1946), Farmington, 1913
sold by Mrs. John W. Riddle to the MFA, 1939 (Accession Date 12 January 1939)
Other works by James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Arrangement in Black: Girl Reading
Portrait of Alexander Arnold Hannay
Coast Scene: Bathers
c. 1884-85
c. 1884-85
Study for Three Decorative Panels representing 'The Landing of Columbus', 'Queen Isabel la Católica of Spain' and 'Queen Elizabeth of England'
1891
1891
The Little Rose of Lyme Regis
1895
1895