Harvard Art Museums > 33.2015.11: Shoulder Arms Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Shoulder Arms (James Abbott McNeill Whistler) , 33.2015.11,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/353704. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 33.2015.11 People James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England) Title Shoulder Arms Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1849-51 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/353704 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper Dimensions 7.8 x 9.9 cm (3 1/16 x 3 7/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: graphite, lower center: Shoulder Arms label: back of frame containing 33.2015.8-18, label with red border: [printed:] M.F.A. / [inscribed, black ink:] S.E. 82 / MRS. SAMUEL / HAMMOND label: back of frame containing 33.2015.8-18, label with red border: [stamped:] SAMUEL HAMMOND [partially obscured by wood strip] (not assigned): back of frame containing 33.2015.8-18, cover for exhibition catalogue: [obscured] LOAN COLLECTION / OIL PAINTINGS, WATER COLORS, / PASTELS, & DRAWINGS. / COPLEY SOCIETY. / OF BOSTON. / COPLEY HALL, FEBRUARY 1904 [this is inscribed in graphite, which is difficult to decipher] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Anonymous loan and promised gift in honor of Mason Hammond, 2015 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous loan and promised gift in honor of Mason Hammond Accession Year 2015 Object Number 33.2015.11 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Folded sheet Publication History Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels, & Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, exh. cat., Copley Society (Boston, MA, 1904), cat. no. 170 Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, J. B. Lippincott/W. Heinemann (Philadelphia, PA and London, England, 1908), vol. 1, p. 28 Exhibition of Oils, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, 1934), no. 43 Nancy Dorfman Pressly, "Whistler in America: An Album of Early Drawings", Metropolitan Museum Journal (1972), 5, pp. 125-154, p. 129 Margaret F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1995), cat. no. 43, repr. Exhibition History Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels, & Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society of Boston, 02/23/1904 - 03/28/1904 Exhibition of Oils, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints by James McNeill Whistler, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 04/24/1934 - 05/13/1934 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu