Return to Tilbury |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46944) | |
| Number: | 311 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 133 x 97 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 18 | |
| Catalogues: | K.327; M.321; W.244 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (18) | ||
PUBLICATION
Although not published officially, Return to Tilbury formed part of the 'Jubilee Set'. This was usually listed as the eleventh out of the twelve etchings in the set. '(11)' is written on the verso of an impression acquired by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (
).
).EXHIBITIONS
It was exhibited by H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898 and 1903, and by Obach & Co. in London in 1903. 9 Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) () and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) () both lent impressions to an exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900. 10
Impressions were also shown at the big Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, in Boston by the Copley Society in the same year, and, lent by King Edward VII, at the London Memorial in 1905 () . 11
) and Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) () both lent impressions to an exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900. 10 Impressions were also shown at the big Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, in Boston by the Copley Society in the same year, and, lent by King Edward VII, at the London Memorial in 1905 (
) . 11 9: New York 1898 (cat. no. 225); New York 1903b (cat. no. 193); London Obach 1903 (cat. no. 204).
10: Chicago 1900 (cat. nos. 320 and 212).
11: New York 1904a (cat. no. 257); Boston 1904 (cat. no. 177); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 244).
SALES & COLLECTORS
On 20 August 1887 Whistler sold an impression to the London print dealer, Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832) for £6.6.0. Whistler's son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) offered another to William Craibe Angus (1830-1899) in Glasgow in December 1887. 12
Sales are recorded to H. Wunderlich & Co. of New York in May 1888, but the accounts not entirely clear, and imply that it was returned. It was numbered '59' in the list of sales, and that number appears on the verso of an impression bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) from Wunderlich's in 1888 (). Freer's receipts are dated 1 and 27 May 1889 - possibly he returned one impression and bought another. 13
). Freer's receipts are dated 1 and 27 May 1889 - possibly he returned one impression and bought another. 13 An impression was also recorded in Wunderlich's stock in August 1897 and 1901. 14 The last sale recorded was to the London print dealer Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851) on 8 June 1903, all at the same price. 15 An early impression was acquired by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) () and other impressions by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) () and Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) ().
Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) inherited thirteen impressions from the artist and bequeathed them to the University of Glasgow, including two marked 'o' (, ) which may have been a sign of quality.
) and other impressions by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) () and Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) ().Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) inherited thirteen impressions from the artist and bequeathed them to the University of Glasgow, including two marked 'o' (
, ) which may have been a sign of quality.Another impression, marked on the verso in pencil with a crown (), came from the album originally presented to Queen Victoria, which was sold by King Edward VII through Agnew's in 1906, and bought from Obach & Co. by Freer, who sold it back to Miss Philip. She gave it to the University of Glasgow in 1935. One impression was presented in an album similar to that given to Queen Victoria and was given by Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954) to the Art Institute of Chicago ().
), came from the album originally presented to Queen Victoria, which was sold by King Edward VII through Agnew's in 1906, and bought from Obach & Co. by Freer, who sold it back to Miss Philip. She gave it to the University of Glasgow in 1935. One impression was presented in an album similar to that given to Queen Victoria and was given by Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954) to the Art Institute of Chicago ().