Record of Charles Lang Freer's purchase of two Chinese paintings from Isaac Taylor Headland

Object Details

See more items in: Charles Lang Freer Papers; Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 6: Financial Materials / 6.5: Vouchers / 6.5.2: Financial materials - Vouchers - Art vouchers / 1908

Biographical / Historical: Isaac Taylor Headland was born on in Freedom, PA. In 1888 he graduated with an A.B. from Mount Union College He arrived in Beijing in 1890 as a Methodist missionary. Later he worked as professor of science at Peking University. His wife, Marian Sinclair, was a doctor who served as physician to aristocratic women in Beijing, including the Empress Dowager Cixi. Headland wrote extensively on Chinese history and culture.; According to Freer's diary, Headland arrived in Detroit on September 28th and left on October 1st. Likely, Headland brought the paintings with him.

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection Citation: Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

Arrangement: Freer's purchase vouchers are generally organized by date of purchase.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Scope and Contents: Charles Freer purchased the two paintings in Detroit from missionary, educator and writer, Isaac Taylor Headland (1859-1942). In addition to payment for the two paintings, there is an additional voucher for travel from Pennsylvania to Detroit.; Freer collection numbers: F1908.170; F1908.171.