Object Details
- Edition/State
- 4, 8
- 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 G141 state 16 of 16.
- Provenance
- Sir John Charles Day [1]
- To 1906
- Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [2]
- From 1906 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record: "Stamp - J C D in lower left margin - (Sir John Charles Day Collection)."
- [2] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 2, 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
- Sir John Charles Day (1826-1908)
- Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (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
- 1875
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Drypoint; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22.7 x 15.1 cm (8 15/16 x 5 15/16 in)
- Type
