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

 

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

Provenance

  • 1855: probably given to the sitter, Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910) , London;
  • 1898: sold through Wunderlich's, New York dealers, to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) ;
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

By the terms of Freer's will, it cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 2nd March 2021 by Margaret