Jubilee Place, 1887

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903

Etching

  • Overall: 5 1/2 × 8 9/16 inches (14 × 21.8 cm)

Museum Purchase, Dexter M Ferry, Jr. Fund

2018.5

Signed, in plate,upper left, with Whistler's butterfly monogram; Signed, in graphite, below the plate line, lower right, with Whistler's butterfly monogram, followed by the abbreviation "imp."

Dry stamp, JHH, [Joseph Hutchinson Hutchinson Lugt 2921] Stamp, in blue, verso, on reverse of the tab: HM in a circle [Howard Mansfield. Lugt 1342] Stamp, in red, verso, HM in a circle [Howard Mansfield. Lugt 1342] Stamp, in black, verso, HW [Harris Whittemore. Lugt 1384a.

The Artist November 17, 1888, or February 16, 1889, sold by the artist, for £10.10.0

(Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells, London, England)

Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson [ca. 1829-1891] (London, England)

March 3, 1892, sold by (Sotheby’s, Wilkinson, & Hodge, London, England) estate of Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson, lot 337, for £4.10.0

(Deprez & Gutenkunst, London, England)

Howard Mansfield [1849-1938] (New York, New York, USA)

1919 (Arthur H. Hahlo & Co., New York, New York, USA)

1919, Harris Whittemore [1862-1927] (Naugatuck, Connecticut, USA)

By descent in the Whittemore family

October 14, 1952, sold by (Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, USA) auction of Whistler etchings and liographs from the estate of Harris Whittemore, lot 92, for $35.00. Donald Whittemore

(Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, New York, USA)

2018-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Jubilee Place, 1887, etching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Dexter M Ferry, Jr. Fund, 2018.5.