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Nocturne: Blue and Silver--Battersea Reach

Object Details

Previous custodian or owner
William George Rawlinson (1840-1928) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance
To 1902
William George Rawlinson (1812-1902), London, to 1902 [1]
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William George Rawlinson, through William Marchant and Co., London, in April 1902 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note, Object file. See also Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 3, 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.
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Date
1870-1875
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
H x W: 49.9 x 72.3 cm (19 5/8 x 28 7/16 in)
Type
Painting

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