Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Etching; ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 15.9 x 22.8 cm (6 1/4 x 9 in)

Type:

Print

Origin:

United States

Date:

1858

Edition/State:

4/2

Provenance:

Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

To 1898

H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]

From 1898 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, 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

Exhibition History:

Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005)

Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (March 23, 1962 to July 4, 1962)

Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)

Previous custodian or owner:

Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1898.217

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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