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 G103 state 1 of 1.
Provenance:
Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938), England [1]
To 1903
Obach & Co., London, to 1903 [2]
From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1903 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 11, December 1903, 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:
Whistler and the Leylands (July 3, 1998 to June 6, 1999)
Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)
Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)
