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

 

M.0223
r.: A group of figures on an esplanade; v.: Boy

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1857
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.186
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 3 15/16 x 6 3/4" (100 x 171 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

r.: A group of figures on an esplanade; v.: Boy

Provenance

  • ca 1858: given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908) and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910) ;
  • 1895/1898: for sale through Wunderlich's, New York dealers;
  • 1898: bought from Wunderlich's in November by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) , Detroit;
  • 1919: bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. nos. 222 and 223).

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Due to the conditions of Freer's will, it cannot be lent to another venue.

Last updated: 12th December 2019 by Margaret