James Abbott McNeill WhistlerAmerican, 1834–1903The Thames
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “The Thames” now? Collection: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Unknown.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1971.292.28
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
In the life of James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The whole life10 May 1896
Death of His Wife Beatrice
After Beatrice was found to have cancer, the couple returned to London in February 1896, to the Savoy Hotel. She died on 10 May 1896; her death was a blow from which Whistler never recovered.
1898 · Membership
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1898
Founding of the Académie Carmen
In 1898 Whistler, together with Carmen Rossi, founded an art school, the Académie Carmen, but owing to his failing health he was forced to close it on 6 April 1901.
