Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Pencil on white paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 12.9 x 8.4 cm (5 1/16 x 3 5/16 in)

Type:

Drawing

Origin:

United States

Date:

1858

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, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Christianity  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:

F1898.165

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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