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Nocturne: Trafalgar Square, Chelsea—Snow

Object Details

Previous custodian or owner
J. Martin White (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance
1892
Loaned by Albert Moore in 1892 to Goupil Gallery, London for exhibition "Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces." [4]
To 1908
J. Martin White, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from J. Martin White in August 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases Since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 9, 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.
[4] See Freer|Sackler exhibition history data, and Curatorial Remarks.
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Date
ca. 1875-1877
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
H x W: 47.2 x 62 cm (18 9/16 x 24 7/16 in)
Type
Painting

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