H x W (overall): 13.8 x 21.4 cm (5 7/16 x 8 7/16 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
United States
Date:
ca. 1873-1875
Edition/State:
2
Label:
Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G127 state 2 of 4.
Provenance:
Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (circa 1829-1891), London [1]
To 1892
Frederick Keppel and Co., New York to 1892 [2]
From 1892 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co., New York, in 1892 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] Hutchinson Collection stamp in margin (see Curatorial Remarks in the object record).
[2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[3] See note 2.
[4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca. 1829-1891)
Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)