Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Steel-faced copper

Dimensions:

H x W: 13.5 x 9.8 cm (5 5/16 x 3 7/8 in)

Type:

Tool and Equipment

Origin:

United States

Date:

1859

Provenance:

To 1906

Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [1]

From 1906 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] 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:

Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

metal  Search this

copper  Search this

portrait  Search this

tree  Search this

child  Search this

United States  Search this

American Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1906.210

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye306630f69-2c14-4fef-ae9d-a8fa56e1ce7f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1906.210