The Camp |  Freer Gallery of Art (1893.46) | |
| Number: | 80 | |
| Date: | 1861 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 288 x 159 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | '1861.' at lower left | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 20 | |
| Catalogues: | K.82; M.82; T.68; W.75 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (20) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was published in an album of Cancelled Plates ('Cancelled Set') by The Fine Art Society, London, 1879.
EXHIBITIONS
An impression was lent by Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) to the Union League Club in New York in 1881, described in the catalogue as 'The Encampment. Very rare'. (
), and to the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900. 16
Impressions were rarely exhibited, although one appeared at H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898. 17
After Whistler's death, an impression was exhibited in the comprehensive Memorial Show in the Grolier Club, New York in 1904, while another one was lent from the Royal Collection to the Whistler Memorial Show in London in 1905. 18
), and to the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900. 16 Impressions were rarely exhibited, although one appeared at H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898. 17
After Whistler's death, an impression was exhibited in the comprehensive Memorial Show in the Grolier Club, New York in 1904, while another one was lent from the Royal Collection to the Whistler Memorial Show in London in 1905. 18
16: New York 1881 (cat. no. 104) Chicago 1900 (cat. no. 70).
17: New York 1898 (cat. no. 71); see REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
18: New York 1904a (cat. no. 78); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 75).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Whistler sold what he described as the '2nd state' of 'The Camp', to the British Museum in October 1863 for £1.1.0 (). 19 The Museum also bought a cancelled set in 1887 (). Several of these albums of cancelled impressions may have come on the market around 1887, and certainly Thomas Glen Arthur (1858-1907) bought one in that year ().
). 19 The Museum also bought a cancelled set in 1887 (). Several of these albums of cancelled impressions may have come on the market around 1887, and certainly Thomas Glen Arthur (1858-1907) bought one in that year ().19: Whistler to W. H. Carpenter, 3 August 1863, GUW #11109.
Whistler sold another impression described as 'Encampment - (scratched)' - presumably cancelled - in November 1877 to Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890). 20
20: 14-16 November [1877], GUW #13668.
Cancelled sets were acquired by a number of private collectors, such as Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) (), and George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909) (). Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) bought two sets, probably when she acquired the copper plates from Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851); these included and .
), and George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909) (). Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) bought two sets, probably when she acquired the copper plates from Robert Dunthorne (b. ca 1851); these included and .