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Catalog Data

Artist:
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this
Medium:
Etching; ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 6.8 x 10.2 cm (2 11/16 x 4 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
United States
Date:
ca. 1884-1886
Edition/State:
1
Provenance:
Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge (circa 1845 - 1924), Glasgow, Scotland [1]
To 1903
H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1903 [2]
From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in 1903 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] An undated folder sheet note in the object file states "MacGeorge stamp (BM) on back" (see Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record). Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge's Whistler collection "was sold in 1902 to H. Wunderlich and Co." (according to The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, University of Glasgow).
[2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 10, March 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 in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)
Whistler's Neighborhood: Impressions of a Changing London (September 8, 2012 to September 8, 2013)
Previous custodian or owner:
Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge (ca. 1845-1924)
H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
etching (printing process)  Search this
commerce  Search this
sleeping  Search this
United States  Search this
American Art  Search this
store front  Search this
interior  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1903.18
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
Whistler's Neighborhood
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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/ye34a57f5d9-9ae4-4d43-a21e-5a81627f234f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1903.18