Object Details
- Label
- 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 G388 state 1 of 1.
- Provenance
- To 1889
- Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York to 1889 [1]
- From 1889 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Howard Mansfield in 1889 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, W. app. 339, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, curatorial Remark 3, G.D. Guest, 1921, in the object record, which states: "This etching was erroneously entered as W 339, Market Place, Loches, on the Original Whistler List, Etchings."
- [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
- Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Date
- 1888
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Etching; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 27 x 13.5 cm (10 5/8 x 5 5/16 in)
- Type
