Longshore men |  Freer Gallery of Art (1890.5) | |
| Number: | 52 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 153 x 225 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler - ' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | '1859 -' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 37 | |
| Catalogues: | K.45; M.44; T.45; W.43 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (37) | ||
PUBLICATION
Longshore Men was never published.
EXHIBITIONS
An impression from the collection of James Anderson Rose (1819-1890) was shown in a travelling exhibition in Liverpool and elsewhere in 1874 (probably 
). Whistler included another in his own one-man exhibition in the same year. 20 An impression was shown to connoisseurs at the Union League Club in New York in 1881, lent by Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) (). 21
It was exhibited in prestigious international exhibitions in Chicago (the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893) and Leipzig (1895). 22 It was for sale in print dealers' shows, particularly those of H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York (1898 and 1903) and Obach & Co. in London in 1903. Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Wunderlich's in 1898 (). 23 At the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900, one impression was lent by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) () and another, described as a 'Very early proof', originally from the collections of J.A. Rose and William Drake (1817-1890), was lent by Freer (). 24 Freer's rival collector, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), lent his impression to the annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1902 (). 25
After Whistler's death, it was shown in several Memorial Exhibitions including the Copley Society show in Boston in 1904, lent by Mansfield () and the 1905 London show, lent by King Edward VII (). 26 The latter was then sold in the following year through Wunderlich's to Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) ().
). Whistler included another in his own one-man exhibition in the same year. 20 An impression was shown to connoisseurs at the Union League Club in New York in 1881, lent by Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) (). 21 It was exhibited in prestigious international exhibitions in Chicago (the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893) and Leipzig (1895). 22 It was for sale in print dealers' shows, particularly those of H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York (1898 and 1903) and Obach & Co. in London in 1903. Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Wunderlich's in 1898 (
). 23 At the exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900, one impression was lent by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) () and another, described as a 'Very early proof', originally from the collections of J.A. Rose and William Drake (1817-1890), was lent by Freer (). 24 Freer's rival collector, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), lent his impression to the annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1902 (). 25 After Whistler's death, it was shown in several Memorial Exhibitions including the Copley Society show in Boston in 1904, lent by Mansfield (
) and the 1905 London show, lent by King Edward VII (). 26 The latter was then sold in the following year through Wunderlich's to Clarence Buckingham (1855-1913) ().20: Liverpool 1874 (cat. no. 488); London Pall Mall 1874 (cat. no. 43).
21: New York 1881 (cat. no. 63).
22: See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
23: New York 1898 (cat. no. 40); New York 1903b (cat. no. 37); London Obach 1903 (cat. no. 51).
24: Chicago 1900 (cat. nos. 41, 41a).
25: Philadelphia 1902. See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
26: Boston 1904 (cat. no. 37); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 43).
SALES & COLLECTORS
The British Museum bought an impression from Percy Thomas (1846-1922) on 13 July 1872 (). 27 Ten years later, in 1882, a huge group of prints by various artists was sold by Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840- d.1892) to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, including an impression of 'Matrosenkneipe' (). These were the earliest public collections to acquire impressions.
). 27 Ten years later, in 1882, a huge group of prints by various artists was sold by Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840- d.1892) to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, including an impression of 'Matrosenkneipe' (). These were the earliest public collections to acquire impressions.27: B.M. Print Room Register of Purchases ..., 1872.
Early collectors included Alfred Beurdeley (1847-1919) (); George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909) (), Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) () and Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) (). Later, they were joined by major American collectors such as George Washington Vanderbilt (1862-1914) (), Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) () and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919). Wunderlich's of New York sold two impressions to Freer, one from the collections of James Anderson Rose (1819-1890) and William Drake (1817-1890), in 1890 () and another, originally from the collection of Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910), in 1898 ().
); George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909) (), Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) () and Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) (). Later, they were joined by major American collectors such as George Washington Vanderbilt (1862-1914) (), Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) () and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919). Wunderlich's of New York sold two impressions to Freer, one from the collections of James Anderson Rose (1819-1890) and William Drake (1817-1890), in 1890 () and another, originally from the collection of Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910), in 1898 ().During Whistler's life time, sales at auction brought low prices. Edmund F. Deprez (1851-1915) of Deprez & Gutekunst bought one for £2.3.0 from the collection of George William Reid (1819-1887) in 1890 and another for £2.0.0 in 1892 after the death of Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d.1891). 28
28: Sotheby's, 28 February 1890 (lot 480), and 3 March 1892 (lot 93).
Frederick Keppel (1845-1912) of F. Keppel & Co. acted as dealer, collector and donor. He bought an impression on Japanese paper at the sale of the collection of William Drake (1817-1890) 29 and bequeathed one to Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1913, as part of the 'Frederick Keppel Memorial' (). Similarly, David Keppel gave an impression to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1917. It seems likely that Keppel owned the copper plate and had additional impressions printed.
). Similarly, David Keppel gave an impression to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1917. It seems likely that Keppel owned the copper plate and had additional impressions printed.29: Christie's, 8 March 1892 (lot 316) £3.5.0.