Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0209
Seymour Haden playing the cello

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.160
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 7 1/4 x 4 1/16" (184 x 104 mm)
Signature: r.: 'J. W.'
Inscription: v.: 'S. H.' possibly by S. Haden, and 'Seymour Haden playing the cello' in an unknown hand

Seymour Haden playing the cello

Seymour Haden playing the cello probably dates from October 1855, when Whistler stayed with the Hadens en route to Paris.

Seymour Haden playing the cello, Freer Gallery of Art
Seymour Haden playing the cello, Freer Gallery of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 209).

Last updated: 2nd March 2021 by Margaret